Performance Evaluation of Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Developed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 465 - 472
• Main Authors: Shirato, Kazuya, Tomita, Yuriko, Katoh, Hiroshi, Yamada, Souichi, Fukushi, Shuetsu, Matsuyama, Shutoku, Takeda, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 30.09.2021; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Assaying; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Nucleocapsids; Pandemics; Performance evaluation; Polymerase chain reaction; Public health; Real time; real-time RT-PCR; Respiratory diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Viral diseases; Japan; Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19); real-time RT-PCR; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Soon after the 2019 outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China, a protocol for real-time RT-PCR assay detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was established by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan. The protocol used Charité’s nucleo...