Assessment of Real-Time RT-PCR Kits for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 366 - 368
• Main Authors: Okamaoto, Kiyoko, Shirato, Kazuya, Nao, Naganori, Saito, Shinji, Kageyama, Tsutomu, Hasegawa, Hideki, Suzuki, Tadaki, Matsuyama, Shutoku, Takeda, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 30.09.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus - genetics; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; COVID-19 Vaccines; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; real-time RT-PCR; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2; Sensitivity and Specificity; Viral Proteins - genetics; Japan; COVID-19; real-time RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2

The coronavirus induced disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 is currently spreading rapidly worldwide. We recently reported a laboratory protocol for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 based on real-tim...