Comparison and correlation of commercial SARS-CoV-2 real-time-PCR assays, Ireland, June 2020.
Euro Surveill
; 26(6)2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1376681
ABSTRACT
We report the performance of a variety of commercially available SARS-CoV-2 PCR kits, used in several different sites across Ireland to determine if Ct values across platforms are comparable. We also investigate whether a Ct value, a surrogate for calculated viral loads in the absence of viral culture of > 34 can be used to exclude SARS-CoV-2 infection and its complications. We found a variation in Ct values from different assays for the same calculated viral load; this should be taken into consideration for result interpretation.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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SARS-CoV-2
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1560-7917.ES.2021.26.6.2002079
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