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. 2021 Jan-Feb;153(1-2):144–150. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2363_20

Table II.

Analytical sensitivity of Truenat point-of-care (PoC) assays compared to reference rRT-PCR method values

Dilutions Truenat Beta CoV Truenat SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV 2 rRT-PCR



E gene RNase P RdRp-2 RNase P E gene RdRp-2 RNase P
Neat 15 20.33 13 20.5 19.29 24.49 26.45
D1 16.33 23.75 16.17 24.43 22.05 26.87 29.63
D2 20.6 28.11 18.5 27.86 25.78 30.28 33.01
D3 24 31.6 22.25 30.75 29.22 33.76 35.55 (-ve)
D4 27.2 33.29 25 33.6 32.4 36.87 (-ve) 38.6 (-ve)
D5 30.29 ND 28.8 ND 36.25 40.52 (-ve) 39.8 (-ve)
D6 33.33 ND 32 ND 38.3 ND ND

ND, not detected