Comparison of Commercially Available and Laboratory Developed Assays for in vitro Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Laboratories
Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Target
Cepheid E-gene and N2,
Testing Method Category
PCR_KIT
Testing Method
Comparison of the analytical performance of a laboratory developed test (LDT) developed based on CDC primer sets with other 4 kits
Testing Method - Additional Info
UW CDC LDT and Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assays having the best and similar sensitivity, followed by the Roche Cobas 6800, DiaSorin Simplexa, and Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 assays.
Sample Size
169 samples
Peer-reviewed
no
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