Comparative analysis of the diagnostic performance of five commercial COVID-19 qRT PCR kits used in India

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 22013 - 8
• Main Authors: Singh, J., Yadav, A. K., Pakhare, A., Kulkarni, P., Lokhande, L., Soni, P., Dadheech, M., Gupta, P., Masarkar, N., Maurya, A. K., Nema, S., Biswas, D., Singh, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.11.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326; 631/337; 692/308; 692/699; Adult; Comparative analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing - methods; COVID-19 Testing - methods; Diagnostic tests; Female; Heterogeneity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Pandemics; Patients; Polymerase chain reaction; Quality assurance; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - standards; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; RNA, Viral - analysis; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensitivity and Specificity; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; India

To meet the unprecedented requirement of diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, a large number of diagnostic kits were authorized by concerned authorities for diagnostic use within a short period of time during the initial phases of the ongoing pandemic. We undertook this study to evaluate the inter-tes...