Multicentre comparison of quantitative PCR-based assays to detect SARS-CoV-2, Germany, March 2020.
Betacoronavirus
/ genetics
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
/ instrumentation
Coronavirus Infections
/ diagnosis
Diagnostic Equipment
Feces
/ virology
Germany
Humans
Laboratories
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ instrumentation
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ diagnosis
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ instrumentation
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ instrumentation
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity
COVID-19
PCR
SARS-CoV-2
diagnostic test
Journal
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
ISSN: 1560-7917
Titre abrégé: Euro Surveill
Pays: Sweden
ID NLM: 100887452
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2020
06 2020
Historique:
entrez:
26
6
2020
pubmed:
26
6
2020
medline:
3
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Containment strategies and clinical management of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients during the current pandemic depend on reliable diagnostic PCR assays for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Here, we compare 11 different RT-PCR test systems used in seven diagnostic laboratories in Germany in March 2020. While most assays performed well, we identified detection problems in a commonly used assay that may have resulted in false-negative test results during the first weeks of the pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32583765
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.24.2001057
pmc: PMC7315722
doi:
Types de publication
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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