Table 2. Representative examples of some RT-PCR testes used in COVID-19 detection.
| Sl. No. | Test name | Manufacturer | Result time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iAMP COVID-19 detection kit | Atila BioSystems, Inc. D11 | 1.5 h |
| 2 | BioFire COVID-19 test | BioFire Defense, LLC | 45 min |
| 3 | CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel | CDC-US | - |
| 4 | Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test | Cepheid | 45 min |
| 5 | VitaPCR SARS-CoV-2 assay | Credo Diagnostics Biomedical Pte Ltd. | 20 min |
| 6 | LYRA SARS-CoV-2 assay | Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. Quidel Corporation | 75 min |
| 7 | SARS-CoV-2 assay | DML-Northwestern Medicine | 1 h |
| 8 | Simplexa COVID-19 Direct | DiaSorin Molecular LLC | 1 h |
| 9 | ePlex SARS-CoV-2 test | GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 h |
| 10 | Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 assay (Panther Fusion System) | Hologic Inc. | 3 h |
| 11 | COVID-19 RT-PCR test | LabCorp Laboratory Corporation of America | 2–4 days |
| 12 | ARIES SARS-CoV-2 assay | Luminex Corporation | 2 h |
| 13 | Accula SARS-CoV-2 test | Mesa Biotech Inc. | 30 min |
| 14 | MiRXES FORTITUDE KIT 2.0 | MiRXES Pte Ltd. | 90 min |
| 15 | QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 panel | Qiagen GmbH | 1 h |
| 16 | cobas SARS-CoV-2 | Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 3.5 h |
| 17 | TaqPath COVID-19 combo kit | Thermo Fisher-Applied Biosystems | - |
| 18 | Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Nucleic Acid diagnostic kit | Sansure Biotech Inc. | 30 min |
| 19 | STANDARD M nCoV RT detection kit | SD BIOSENSOR | 90 min |
| 20 | Allplex 2019-nCoV assay | Seegene | 2 h |
| 21 | Viracor SARS-CoV-2 assay | Viracor Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics | 12–18 h |
Table adapted from [142] under an ACS Author Choice License.