Test Agreement between Roche Cobas 6800 and Cepheid GeneXpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assays at High Cycle Threshold Ranges

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e01187-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01187-20. Print 2020 Jul 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA colleen.kraft@emory.edu.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; diagnostics; virology.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / genetics
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Nasopharynx / virology*
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2