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. 2020 Apr 29;10:181. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00181

Table 1.

Selected commercial nucleic acid-based point-of-care tests (ordered by time to result).

POCT commercial name Method/Time to result (min) Detection of new and emerging respiratory viruses: Sensitivity (%)/Specificity(%)
HBoV SARS-CoV SARS-CoV-2 MERS-CoV HCoV-HKU1 HCoV-NL63 KIPyV, WUPyV HMPV RV-C Emerging IAV
Cepheid Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSVb,c1 rRT-PCR/20-30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2, AIV (H5N2, H5N8)
97.8/100
Mesabiotech™ Accula™ Influenza A&B and RSVa2 RT-PCR/30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2
97/94
Sekisui Diagnostics Silaris™ Influenza A&B Test3 PCR/30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2
97/94
Cepheid Xpert® Flu/RSV XCb,c rRT-PCR/40-63 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2, AIV (H5N2, H5N8)
(Cepheid Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2, 2020)e rRT-PCR/ 45 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
BioMérieuxBioFire® FilmArray® Respiratory Panel 2 plus4 Endpoint melt curve analysis/45 N/A N/A N/A 95.8/99.8 95.8/100 N/A 94.6/99.2 N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2
88.9-100/99.6-100
Quidel® Solana® Respiratory Viral Panel Influenza A&B and RSV & HMPVa5 RT-HDA/45 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Strains not specified
DiaSorin Simplexa™ Flu A/B & RSV Direct Kit6 RT-PCR/60 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2, >20 AIVs, 2 swine influenza strains
97/97.9
Cepheid Xpert® Flub rRT-PCR/75 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09
97.1-100/99.6
Luminex Verigene® RP Flex Test7 RT-PCR/ <120 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1, H3
GenMark Dx® ePlex® Respiratory Paneld PCR/ <120 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2
(GenMark Dx ePlex® SARS-CoV-2 Test, 2020) Teste rRT-PCR/ <120 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(QIAGEN, 2019) Panel v2 rRT-PCR/120 100/99.5 N/A N/A N/A 100/100 91.7/100 N/A 100/100 N/A H1N1pdm09, H3N2
91.7-100/100
1

Cepheid Xpert Flu. Product Page. Available online at: https://www.cepheid.com/en/cepheid-solutions/clinical-ivd-tests/critical-infectious-diseases/xpert-flu (accessed September 13, 2019).

2

Mesabiotech™ Accula™ Flu A/FluB Test Package Insert. Manual. Available online at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca44a0a7eb88c46af449a53/t/5cddacb3f9689300010d93c3/1558031549318/LBL-60010+Accula+Flu+A+Flu+B+Package+Insert+EU.pdf (accessed November 10, 2019).

3

Sekisui Diagnostics Silaris™ Influenza A&B Test. Manual. 481. Available online at: https://sekisuidiagnostics.com/product-documents/60012-d_v1.5_silaris_ifu.pdf (accessed November 10, 2019).

4

Biomerieux BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Panels. Product Page. Available online at: https://www.biomerieux-diagnostics.com/filmarrayr-respiratory-panel (accessed September 13, 2019).

5

Quidel® Solana Respiratory Viral Panel. Product Page. Available online at: https://www.quidel.com/molecular-diagnostics/respiratory-viral-panel (accessed November 10, 2019).

6

DiaSorin Simplexa® Flu A/B and RSV Direct Kit. Product Page. Available online at: https://molecular.diasorin.com/us/kit/simplexa-flu-ab-rsv-direct-kit/ (accessed November 10, 2019).

7

Luminex Verigene® Respiratory Pathogens Flex Test. Product Page. Available online at: https://www.luminexcorp.com/respiratory-pathogens-flex-test/ (accessed September 13, 2019).

N/A, Virus not included in this assay; • Virus included, but specificity/sensitivity not available; RT-HAD, Reverse transcriptase helicase-dependent amplification; RT-PCR, Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; rRT-PCR, real-time RT-PCR; HBoV, Human bocavirus; (H)CoV, (Human) coronavirus; KI/WUPyV, KI/WU polyomavirus; HMPV, Human metapneumovirus; RV-C, Human rhinovirus type C; IAV, Influenza A virus; IBV, Influenza B virus; H1N1pdm09, Influenza A H1N1 pandemic 2009; AIV, Avian influenza virus; RSV, Respiratory Syncytial virus.

Please refer to Supplementary Table 1 for detailed reliability parameters.

a

Two different kits for Influenza (A, B) and RSV;

b

Performance reviewed in Basile et al. (2018);

c

Described in Loeffelholz et al. (2019);

d

Performance tested by Babady et al. (2018);

e

For use under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) only.