COVID-19: PHE laboratory assessments of molecular tests
PHE has undertaken rapid assessments of commercially provided diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection with further evaluations ongoing.
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- Public Health England
- Published
- 4 June 2020
- Last updated
- 22 February 2021 — See all updates
Documents
Rapid assessment: BGI Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kit for detecting 2019-nCoV
Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1955 PDF, 514 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Biomerieux ARGENE® SARS-COV-2 R-GENE® real-time detection kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1596 PDF, 670 KB, 7 pages
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Rapid assessment: careGENE N-CoV RT-PCR Kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1397 PDF, 213 KB, 6 pages
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Rapid assessment: COVID-19 Plus RealAmp kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1383 PDF, 264 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: GenMark ePlex SARS-CoV-2 test
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1384 PDF, 270 KB, 6 pages
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Rapid assessment of selected commercial molecular diagnostic tests for the laboratory detection of COVID-19 infections
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1312 PDF, 422 KB, 14 pages
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Rapid assessment: ViaSure SARS-CoV-2 Real Time PCR detection Kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 268 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Seegene ‘Allplex 2019-nCoV’ assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 351 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Roche Ltd Coronavirus LightMix® Modular SARS and Wuhan CoV E-gene assay
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 438 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Randox Extended Coronavirus Multiplex Array assay
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 268 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Novacyt Primerdesign Coronavirus (COVID-19) genesig® Real-Time PCR assay
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 267 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Liferiver Novel Coronavirus Real Time Multiplex RT-PCR Kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 269 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Genetic Signatures EasyScreen™ SARS-CoV-2 Detection Kit
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 350 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Genetic PCR solutions CoVID-19 dtec-RT-qPCR Test
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 267 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: GeneFirst Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Real-Time PCR assay
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 267 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: AusDiagnostics Coronavirus Typing assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 267 KB, 5 pages
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Rapid assessment: Altona RealStar RT-PCR Kit 1.0. assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1316 PDF, 266 KB, 5 pages
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Details
Public Health England (PHE) has undertaken rapid assessments of commercially provided diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection with further evaluations ongoing.
Included here are:
- a summary report for the laboratory assessments of COVID molecular diagnostic tests undertaken by PHE and completed in the period February and April 2020
- a series of individual assay assessments
Last updated 22 February 2021 + show all updates
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Added: 'Rapid assessment: BGI Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kit for detecting 2019-nCoV'.
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Added Rapid assessment of Biomerieux ARGENE® SARS-COV-2 R-GENE® real-time detection kit.
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Added rapid assessment: careGENE N-CoV RT-PCR Kit.
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Added rapid assessments: COVID-19 Plus RealAmp kit and GenMark ePlex SARS-CoV-2 test.
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First published.