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Table 1. Some Selected SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection Assays.

developer	kit	extraction	amplification	cycler
Thermofisher Scientific	TaqPath COVID-19 CE-IVD RT-PCR Kit	MGI Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit on the MGI SP-960 instrument	ORF1ab, S, N	QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems)
Altona Diagnostics	RealStar SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit 1.0	AltoStar Purification Kit 1.5 extraction kit on AltoStar Automation System AM16	E, S	CFX96 Touch Deep Well Real-Time PCR Detection System (Bio-Rad Laboratories)
Beijing Genomics Institute	Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kit for Detecting SARS-CoV-2	MGI Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit on the MGI SP-960 instrument	ORF1	QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems)
DiaSorin Molecular	Simplexa COVID-19 direct	None	S, ORF1ab	LIAISON MDX
BD	BD SARS-CoV-2 reagents for BD MAX system	BD MAX ExK TNA-3	N1, N2	BD MAX
Seegene	AllPlex 2019-nCoV assay	StarMag 96 Extraction Kit on Microlab Nimbus	E, N, RdRp	CFX96 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection System (Bio-Rad Laboratories)
Qiagen	QIAstat-Dx respiratory panel	Included automated RNA extraction	E, ORF1b	QIAstat
Cepheid	Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2	Included automated RNA extraction	N2, E	GeneXpert Infinity
Institut Pasteur Paris	laboratory developed¹⁷	QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, France)	RdRp (two target regions, named IP2, IP4)	7500 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems)