Parallel testing of 241 clinical nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus on the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and the Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 assays

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Nov 19;59(2):e45-e48. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-1338.
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Keywords: COVID-19; GeneXpert; SARS-CoV-2; cobas; coronavirus; pandemic.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / methods*
  • Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Phosphoproteins / analysis
  • Polyproteins / analysis
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Specimen Handling / methods*
  • Viral Proteins / analysis

Substances

  • Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • ORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Polyproteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • nucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2