Katarína Čurová, Viera Lovayová, Mária Nagyová, Leonard Siegfried, Viliam Donič, Gert de Vos
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Abstract
The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is considered the gold standard method for the detection of viruses in a clinic. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of conventional RT-PCR test (FTD TM SARS-CoV-2 Test) and laboratory-developed ultra-fast PCR test (NextGenPCR TM SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Reagent Kit) to detect the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19. A total of 318 nasopharyngeal swab specimens were collected from people under investigation for COVID-19. Despite the collection of two swab specimens from each patient and their different processing, the analysis showed an overall agreement of 95.9% between the conventional and laboratory-developed tests. The positive percentage agreement was 90.5% (114/126) and the negative percentage agreement was 99.5% (191/192). The ultra-fast NextGenPCR method does not require the isolation of RNA, provides a result of 20–96 specimens within 57–82 min after sampling, and offers a simple procedure of sample processing, analysis, and evaluation. Our results indicate that this method can be considered a potential diagnostic method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in hospitals, healthcare facilities, and research laboratories.
期刊介绍:
Acta virologica is an international journal of predominantly molecular and cellular virology. Acta virologica aims to publish papers reporting original results of fundamental and applied research mainly on human, animal and plant viruses at cellular and molecular level. As a matter of tradition, also rickettsiae are included. Areas of interest are virus structure and morphology, molecular biology of virus-cell interactions, molecular genetics of viruses, pathogenesis of viral diseases, viral immunology, vaccines, antiviral drugs and viral diagnostics.