Background In the context of the pandemic, the rapid emergency use authorisation of
diagnostic assays for SARS-CoV-2 has meant there are few peer-reviewed published …

Background The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 has created a shortage of supplies of
reagents for its detection throughout the world, especially in Latin America. The pooling of …

Background The use of efficient, reliable and sensitive PCR assays is a cornerstone in the
race to contain the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this work we performed an independent …

In the publication entitled “Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-
PCR”(Eurosurveillance 25 (8) 2020) the authors present a diagnostic workflow and RT …

In the race to contain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
efficient detection and triage of infected patients must rely on rapid and reliable testing. In …

Background The detection of SARS-CoV-2 vRNA in clinical samples has relied almost
exclusively on RT-qPCR as the gold standard test. Published results from various external …

The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rapid development of tests for detection of
SARS-CoV-2. Studies are required to assess the relative performance of different assays …

Containment strategies and clinical management of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
patients during the current pandemic depend on reliable diagnostic PCR assays for the …

Background: We retrospectively examined all initial positive SARS-CoV-2 test results using
three real-time PCR tests from patients without a history of COVID-19 collected from …

Nearly 400,000 people worldwide are known to have been infected with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) beginning in December 2019. The virus …