SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swabs: Performance characteristics of a real-time RT-qPCR and a droplet digital RT-PCR assay based on the exonuclease region (ORF1b, nsp 14).


Journal

Journal of virological methods
ISSN: 1879-0984
Titre abrégé: J Virol Methods
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8005839

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Historique:
received: 27 06 2021
revised: 07 11 2021
accepted: 08 12 2021
pubmed: 14 12 2021
medline: 8 1 2022
entrez: 13 12 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 has led to a compelling request for accurate diagnostic tests. The aim of this study was assessing the performance of a real-time RT-qPCR (rt RT-qPCR) assay and of a droplet digital RT-PCR (dd RT-PCR) targeting the nsp14 genome region for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs. A total of 258 nasopharyngeal swabs were analyzed with the nsp14 assays and, for comparison, with a reference assay targeting the RdRp and E genes. Conflicting results were further investigated by two additional protocols, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) real-time targeting N1/N2, and a nested RT-PCR for the spike region. Agreement of results was achieved on 226 samples (156 positive and 70 negative), 8 samples were positive in the reference assay and in the nsp14 rt RT-qPCR but negative with the dd RT-PCR, and 24 samples provided different combinations of results with the three assays. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy (95 %C.I.) of the nsp14 assays were: 100.0 % (97.4-100.0), 98.7 % (92.1-100.0), and 99.6 % (97.5-100.0) for the rt RT-qPCR; 92.4 % (87.4-95.6), 100.0 % (94.2-100.0), and 94.7 % (91.1-97.0) for the dd RT-PCR. The results of the study support the use of the nsp14 real-time RT-qPCR and ddPCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34902456
pii: S0166-0934(21)00359-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114420
pmc: PMC8660663
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

RNA, Viral 0
Exonucleases EC 3.1.-

Types de publication

Evaluation Study Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

114420

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Biancamaria Pierri (B)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', University of Salerno, Baronissi, SA, Italy.

Andrea Mancusi (A)

Department of Food Microbiology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Yolande T R Proroga (YTR)

Department of Food Microbiology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Federico Capuano (F)

Department of Food Microbiology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Pellegrino Cerino (P)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Santa Girardi (S)

Department of Food Microbiology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Lucia Vassallo (L)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Gabriella Lo Conte (G)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Maria Tafuro (M)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Maria Concetta Cuomo (MC)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Denise Di Concilio (D)

Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'analisi e studio di correlazione tra ambiente, animale e uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, NA, Italy.

Teresa Vicenza (T)

Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Loredana Cozzi (L)

Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Simona Di Pasquale (S)

Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Giuseppina La Rosa (G)

Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Farzad Beikpour (F)

Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy.

Elisabetta Suffredini (E)

Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: elisabetta.suffredini@iss.it.

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