Comparative Analysis of Primer–Probe Sets for RT-qPCR of COVID-19 Causative Virus (SARS-CoV-2)

• Published in: ACS infectious diseases Vol. 6; no. 9; pp. 2513 - 2523
• Main Authors: Jung, Yujin, Park, Gun-Soo, Moon, Jun Hye, Ku, Keunbon, Beak, Seung-Hwa, Lee, Chang-Seop, Kim, Seil, Park, Edmond Changkyun, Park, Daeui, Lee, Jong-Hwan, Byeon, Cheol Woo, Lee, Joong Jin, Maeng, Jin-Soo, Kim, Seong-Jun, Kim, Seung Il, Kim, Bum-Tae, Lee, Min Jun, Kim, Hong Gi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 11.09.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus - genetics; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Disease Outbreaks; DNA Primers - genetics; Humans; Pandemics; Pathology, Molecular - methods; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; RNA, Viral - analysis; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; 2019-nCoV; real-time qPCR; molecular diagnosis
• ISSN: 2373-8227; 2373-8227
• DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00464

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerging human infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, also previously known as 2019-nCoV). Within 8 months of the outbreak, more than 10,000,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide. Since hu...