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. 2021 Mar 30;11:596201. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.596201

Table 3.

List of a few currently available diagnostic assays for the detection of COVID-19 across the globe.

Method/Test name/ Manufacturer/ Organization name Sample collection Target/Gene Sensitivity Specificity Processing time Cost Site of use References
1) RT-PCR (i) Nasopharyngeal swab
(ii) Sputum
(iii) Stool
(iv) Tracheal aspirate
(iv) Brachial aspirate
(v) BAL
(vi) BAL
(vii) Human EDTA plasma
(viii) Oropharyngeal swabs
(i) ORF1ab/RdRp (RNA dependent RNA polymerase)
(ii) Envelope protein (E)
(iii) Nucleocapsid (N)
(iv) Spike (S) protein
69–100 % 77–90 % 1–4 h H T (Tahamtan and Ardebili, 2020)
1.1) Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 (i) Nasopharyngeal
(ii) Oropharyngeal
(iii) Nasal wash/aspirate
E & N2 95 NA 2 h H T (Loeffelholz et al., 2020; Wolters et al., 2020)
1.2) LabGun COVID-19 Assay plus (i) Nasopharyngeal
(ii) Oropharyngeal
(iii)Nasal aspirate
(iv) Sputum
E & RdRp 95 1.8 × 103 NDU/m 3–4 h H T (LabGenomics, 2020)
1.3) Pathodetect Coronavirus (COVID-19) Qualitative PCR Kit (i) BAL nasopharyngeal
(ii) Sputum
(iii) Serum
(iv) Tissue
E & RdRp 100 100 3–30 h H T (mylabdiscovery, 2020)
1.4) STANDARD M nCoV Real-Time Detection kit (i) Nasopharyngeal
(ii) Oropharyngeal
(iii) Midturbinate nasal swab
(iv) Sputum specimens
E & RdRp 95 NA 1.5–2 h H T (SDBiosensor, 2020
1.5) QuantiTect Virus +Rox Vial kit (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany) (i) Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS)
(ii) Sputum
E & RdRp 0.97 0.92 2–3 h H T (Böhmer et al., 2020)
1.6) Real-Time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kit for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 (BGIGenomics Co. Lt) (i) Oropharyngeal swabs
(ii) BALF
ORF1ab 69.1–89.1% 77.0–97.0% 1–2 h H T (Afzal, 2020)
2) LAMP (i) Nasopharyngeal swab
(ii) Sputum
(iii) Stool
(iv) Respiratory secretions
(v) Plasma
(vi) Serum
(i) ORF1ab/N
(ii) RNA of SARS CoV-2
(iii) IgG/IgM
52–100% 43–100% 5–35 min L/M T (El-Tholoth et al., 2020)
2.1) Loopamp®2019-SARS-CoV-2 Detection Reagent Kit Nasopharyngeal swab RNA of a SARS-CoV-2 100% 97.60% 35 min M T (Kitagawa et al., 2020) 
2.2) Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 test (Abbott 125Diagnostics, Lake Forest, IL) (i) Plasma
(ii) Serum
IgM/IgG 52–97% 43–99.62% 5–13 min L T (Shah, July 13, 2020)
2.3) COVID-19 Rapid Isothermal PCR Kit Nasopharyngeal swabs Nucleocapsid (N) protein 25 viral RNA copies / µl NA 30 min M T (Raybiotech, 2020)
3) Immunoassays (i) Serum
(ii) Plasma
(iii) Whole Blood
Antibody detection 58–81% (IgM)
53–98% (IgG)
80–99%
(IgM+IgG)
83.1–100% 10 min–3 h M T (Jääskeläinen et al., 2020)
3.1) Maglumi™2019-n-Cov IgG and IgM (i) Serum
(ii) Plasma
(iii) Whole Blood
IgM and IgG against viral recombinant antigen IgM (58.7%)
53.2% (IgG)
64.30%
(IgA/IgG)
94.9–100 %
(IgM)
94.9–100%
(IgG)
94.9–100 %
(IgA/IgG)
30 min M T (Montesinos et al., 2020)
3.2) EuroimmunAnti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgA assay Serum IgG and IgA against S1 structural protein 83.6% (IgA)
61.7% (IgG)
84.40%
(IgA+IgG)
83.1% (IgA)
98.6% (IgG)
87.50%
(IgA+IgG)
3 h M T (Nicol et al., 2020)
3.3) Atellica IM SARS-CoV-2 Total (COV2T), Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay, Siemens Healthcare (i) Serum
(ii) Plasma
Total antibody against RBD of S1 protein 14 days post-symptom onset:100% 14 days post-symptom onset:99.8% ~10 min M T (Smithgall et al., 2020)
3.4) Abbott ARCHITECT i2000SR
 
(i) Serum
(ii) Plasma
IgG against nucleocapsida protein (NCP) 97–100% 100% 2–3 h M T (Nicol et al., 2020)
3.5) Covid Kavach Elisa, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) Blood IgG-based ELISA  92.37% 97.90% 2–3 h M T (Sapkal et al., 2020)
3.6) LIAISON® SARS-CoV-2 IgM & IgG, DiaSorin assays Serum IgM and IgG against S1/S2 protein ≤7 days: 69.5% (60.2–77.5%)
8–14 days: 91.5% (80.1–96.6%)
15–30 days: 98.3% (93.9–99.5%)
99.20% 2–3 h M T (Bonelli et al., 2020)
3.7) Roche’s SARS-CoV-2 antibody test, Roche Diagnostics Blood IgM and IgG 87.0% 100% 18 min M T (Burki, 2020)
4) Lateral Flow (i) Blood
(ii) Serum
(iii) Plasma
Antibody detection 48–84% 31–100% 5–20 min L/M P (Wu et al., 2020b)
4.1) COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Cassette (Premier Biotech, Minneapolis, MN) (i) Whole blood
(ii) Serum
(iii) Plasma
IgG/IgM 82.80% 99.50% 12–20 min M P (Dobaño et al., 2020)
4.2) STANDARD Q COVID-11619 IgM/IgG Duo Test kits (SD Biosensor, Gyeonggi-do, Korea) (i) Whole blood
(ii) Serum
(iii) Plasma
IgM/IgG 11% in early infection and up to 100% beyond 14 days of infection 43–85.7% 15 min L P (PIH, 2020)
4.3) COVID-19 Ag Respi Strip Oropharyngeal swab in VTM SARS-CoV-2 antigen 30.20% 100% 15 min L P (Scohy et al., 2020)
4.4) BIOCARD Pro COVID-19 Rapid Ag test kit Human Nasopharyngeal Swab Covid 19 Antigen 83% 98% 5–7 min L P (Trivitron, 2020)
4.5) Feluda paper strip test Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 antigen 96% 98% 45 min L P (ICMR, 2020a)

#H, High; M, Medium; L, Low; P, Primary Care; T, Tertiary Care.