The diagnosis of COVID‐19 requires integration of clinical and laboratory data. Severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) diagnostic assays play a central …

Antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 (AGT) is generally considered inferior to RT-PCR testing in
terms of sensitivity. However, little is known about the infectiousness of RT-PCR positive …

Background The emergence of the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic required the rapid and
large-scale deployment of PCR and serological tests in different formats. Objectives Real-life …

Background To face the current COVID-19 pandemic, diagnostic tools are essential. It is
recommended to use real-time RT-PCR for RNA viruses in order (a) to perform a rapid and …

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) brought
with it rapid development of both molecular and serologic assays for identification of COVID …

Immunocompromised adults can have prolonged acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) positive RT-PCR results, long after the initial diagnosis of coronavirus …

Abstract Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to
spread across the world. Hence, there is an urgent need for rapid, simple, and accurate tests …

For the control of immunity in COVID-19 survivors and vaccinated subjects, there is an
urgent need for reliable and rapid serological assays. Based on samples from 63 COVID-19 …

ABSTRACT In early March 2020, the University of Washington Medical Center clinical
virology laboratory became one of the first clinical laboratories to offer testing for severe …

The emergence of a new coronavirus in Wuhan China has triggered a global need for
accurate diagnostic assays. Initially, mostly laboratory developed molecular tests were …