Comparison of commercial realtime reverse transcription PCR assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Detection Principle
NucleicAcid-PCR based
Testing Method Category
PCR_KIT
Testing Method - Additional Info
Altona Diagnostics (RealStar SARS-CoV2 1.0: E, S); Tibmolbiol (LightMix Sarbeco-E/SARS-CoV-2 RdRp: E, RdRp); ThermoFisher (Taqman 2019-nCoV Assay kit v1: ORF1ab, S, N); DAAN Gene ( Detection Kit for 2019-nCoV: ORF1ab, N); Kogene Biotech (Powercheck 2019-nCoV: ORF1ab, E); Liferiver (2019-nCoV realtime multiplex RT-PCR: ORF1ab, N); Maccura Biotechnology (SARS-CoV2 fluorescent PCR: ORF1ab, E, N); R-Biopharm (Ridagene SARS-CoV2: E); Sansure Biotech (2019-nCoV nucleic acid diagnostic kit: ORF1ab, N); Sentinel Diagnostics B (RUO) (STAT-NAT COVID19 B RUO: E, RdRp, N); Sentinel Diagnostics B (CE-IVD) (STAT-NAT COVID19 B CE-IVD: E, RdRp, N); Sentinel Diagnostics HK (RUO) (STAT-NAT COVID19 HK: ORF1ab, N); Sentinel Diagnostics HK (CE-IVD) (STAT-NAT COVID19 HK CE-IVD: ORF1ab, N); XABT (RT PCR kit for detection of 2019-nCoV: ORF1ab, E, N); Hecin Scientific (SARS-CoV-2 Realtime PCR assay kit: RdRp, N); Reference assay (Corman et al.: E, RdRp)
Reported Performance
Sensitivity: 3.3 copies (Altona), 25-100 cpoies (TibMolbiol), 3.3-33 copies (Thermofisher), 3.3 copies (Daan Gene), 33-100 copies (Kogene), 3.3-33 copies (Liferiver), 3.3 copies (Maccura), 50 copies (R-Biopharm), 3.3 copies (Sansure), 33-330 copies (Sentinel Diagnostic B RUO and CEIVD, Sentinel Diagnostic HK RUO), 33 copies (Sentinel Diagnostic HK CEIVD), 3.3 copies (XABT), 25 copies (Hecin), 3.3-25 copies (reference). Remark: None but the Kogene Biotech E gene PCR detected other coronaviruses, which detected also MERS
Sample Size
dilution series of virus stock
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