Limits of Detection of 6 Approved RT-PCR Kits for the Novel SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Clin Chem. 2020 Jul 1;66(7):977-979. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa099.

Authors

Xueliang Wang¹, Hangping Yao², Xing Xu¹, Pengyin Zhang¹, Minmin Zhang¹, Junbin Shao², Yanqun Xiao¹, Hualiang Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Centre for Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases and National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / genetics*
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
Humans
Limit of Detection
Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics
Pandemics
Phosphoproteins
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Polyproteins
RNA, Viral / analysis*
RNA, Viral / metabolism
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
Nucleocapsid Proteins
ORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2
Phosphoproteins
Polyproteins
RNA, Viral
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Viral Envelope Proteins
Viral Proteins
envelope protein, SARS-CoV-2
nucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2