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
N1, N2, RdRP (UW CDC LDT)
Testing Method Category
Other PCR method(s)
Testing Method
in house RT-PCR on CDC primers (UW CDC LDT)
Testing Method - Additional Info
Comparison of in house Laboratory Developed Test with commercial kits Cepheid, DiaSorin, Hologic Panther, and Roche Cobas
Reported Performance
Specificity: 100% (all); Remark: all the tested assays show good sensitivity (UW CDC LDT and Cepheid Xpert Xpress the best, followed by the Roche Cobas 6800, DiaSorin Simplexa, and Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 assays
Sample Size
169 samples
Peer-reviewed
yes
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