Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2

C Boodman, P Lagacé-Wiens, J Bullard - CMAJ, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
Testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) relies on
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), which amplifies SARS-CoV-2 …

Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 emergency use authorization RT-PCR testing and experience at an academic medical institution

P Velu, A Craney, P Ruggiero, J Sipley, L Cong… - Medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
An epidemic caused by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in China in December 2019 has since rapidly spread internationally …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid Implementation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Emergency Use Authorization RT-PCR Testing and Experience at an Academic …

P Velu, A Craney, P Ruggiero, J Sipley, L Cong… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
An epidemic caused by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in China in December 2019 has since rapidly spread internationally …

Utility of repeat nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing and refinement of diagnostic stewardship strategies at a tertiary care academic center in a low …

AJ Lepak, DJ Chen, A Buys, L Stevens… - Open Forum Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Multiple factors have led to an extremely high volume of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse transcription polymerase chain …

Evaluation of the QIAstat-Dx respiratory SARS-CoV-2 panel, the first rapid multiplex PCR commercial assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection

B Visseaux, Q Le Hingrat, G Collin… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Sensitivity of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 through time

RN Binny, P Priest, NP French, M Parry… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests are the gold
standard for detecting recent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

[HTML][HTML] The Prognostic Value of an RT-PCR Test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Is Contingent on Timing across Disease Time …

JP Townsend, CR Wells - The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 2022 - jmdjournal.org
We read with great interest the article by Tian et al 1 in a recent issue of the Journal of
Molecular Diagnostics that showed a significant overlap in RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) …

Interpreting diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2

N Sethuraman, SS Jeremiah, A Ryo - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to affect much of the
world. Knowledge of diagnostic tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical evaluation of a multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in individual and pooled upper respiratory tract samples

M Laverack, RL Tallmadge, R Venugopalan, B Cronk… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this study was to identify and validate a sensitive, high-throughput, and cost-
effective SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT-PCR assay to be used as a surveillance and diagnostic …

The yield and consistency of the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in multiple respiratory specimens

H Zhang, M Chen, Y Zhang, J Wen… - Open Forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Few studies have compared the yield of reverse transcription polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) assays in nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, and sputum for …