• J. Clin. Virol. · Jul 2020

    Real-time PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 detection in Canadian laboratories.

    • Jason J LeBlanc, Jonathan B Gubbay, Yan Li, Robert Needle, Sandra Radons Arneson, Dionne Marcino, Hugues Charest, Guillaume Desnoyers, Kerry Dust, Ramzi Fattouh, Richard Garceau, Gregory German, Todd F Hatchette, Robert A Kozak, Mel Krajden, Theodore Kuschak, Amanda L S Lang, Paul Levett, Tony Mazzulli, Ryan McDonald, Samira Mubareka, Natalie Prystajecky, Candy Rutherford, Marek Smieja, Yang Yu, George Zahariadis, Nathan Zelyas, Nathalie Bastien, and COVID-19 Pandemic Diagnostics Investigation Team of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN) Respiratory Virus Working Group.
    • Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Room 404B, MacKenzie Building, 5788 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1V8, Canada; Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Electronic address: jason.leblanc@nshealth.ca.
    • J. Clin. Virol. 2020 Jul 1; 128: 104433.

    AbstractWith emergence of pandemic COVID-19, rapid and accurate diagnostic testing is essential. This study compared laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Canadian hospital and public health laboratories, and some commercially available real-time RT-PCR assays. Overall, analytical sensitivities were equivalent between LDTs and most commercially available methods.Crown Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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