Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of a new point-of-care rapid test for SARS-CoV-2 virus detection.
J Transl Med
; 18(1): 488, 2020 12 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-992499
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The easy access to a quick diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a key point to improve the management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to contain its spread. Up to now, laboratory real-time PCR is the standard of care, but requires a fully equipped laboratory and significant infrastructure. Consequently, new diagnostic tools are required.METHODS:
In the present work, the diagnostic accuracy of the point-of-care rapid test "bKIT Virus Finder COVID-19" (Hyris Ltd) is evaluated by a retrospective and a prospective analysis on SARS CoV-2 samples previously assessed with an FDA "authorized for the emergency use-EUA" reference method. Descriptive statistics were used for the present study.RESULTS:
Results obtained with the Hyris Kit are the same as that of standard laboratory-based real time PCR methods for all the analyzed samples. In addition, the Hyris Kit provides the test results in less than 2 h, a significantly shorter time compared to the reference methods, without the need of a fully equipped laboratory.CONCLUSIONS:
To conclude, the Hyris kit represents a promising tool to improve the health surveillance and to increase the capacity of SARS-CoV-2 testing.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Point-of-Care Systems
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COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Transl Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12967-020-02651-y
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