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  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread rapidly around the globe since it was first identified in December of 2019 in Wuhan, China. In a race to contain the infection, researchers and healthcare officials have developed several assays to help diagnose individuals with COVID-19. To help laboratories decide what assay to bring into testing lines, factors such as assay availability, cost, throughput, and TAT should be considered. Here we validated a modified version of the CDC assay and used it as a reference to evaluate the performance of the NeuMoDxTM SARS-CoV-2 and DiaSorin SimplexaTM Covid-19 Direct assays. In silico analysis and clinical sample testing showed that the primers/probes designed by the CDC were specific to the SARS-CoV-2 as they accurately detected all reactive samples with an assay LoD of 200 copies/ml. The performance of the three assays were analyzed using 159 nasopharyngeal swabs specimen tested within 1 to 5 days after routine testing. A 100% agreement was observed between the commercial assays and the modified CDC SARS-CoV-2 assay. A deeper look at the Ct values showed no significant difference between NeuMoDx and the modified CDC SARS-CoV-2 assay, whereas DiaSorin had lower overall Ct values than the modified CDC SARS-CoV-2 assay. NeuMoDx and DiaSorin workflows were much easier to perform. NeuMoDx has the highest throughput and shortest TAT, whereas although the modified CDC SARS-CoV-2 assay has comparable throughput to DiaSorin, it has the longest hands-on time and highest TAT.
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?:doi
?:doi
  • 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104688
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  • J_Clin_Virol
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/09048979f59c8376de0b0b76b16f9fcea5fd335f.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7657030.xml.json
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  • 33220549.0
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  • Elsevier; Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Validation of a Modified CDC Assay and Performance Comparison with the NeuMoDx™ and DiaSorin® automated assays for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Respiratory Specimens
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  • 2020-11-11

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