TABLE 1.

Tentative LoD of the bKIT Virus Finder COVID-19 assay in NPS or BAL negative matrices

LoD	SARS-CoV-2 (TCID50/ml)	CT (mean ± SD)
		Reaction mix 1	Reaction mix 2	RP
Tentative, in NPS	1 × 104	26.89 ± 0.15	27.14 ± 0.19	25.26 ± 0.05
	1 × 103	30.45 ± 0.07	30.68 ± 0.15	25.28 ± 0.03
	1 × 102	33.33 ± 0.63	34.1 ± 0.16	25.2 ± 0.04
	10	38.18 ± 0.53	37.68 ± 1.01	25.09 ± 0.16
	1	N/A	N/A	25.18 ± 0.02
Tentative, in BAL	1 × 104	27.74 ± 0.06	29.30 ± 2.02	29.91 ± 0.17
	1 × 103	31.14 ± 0.47	33.33 ± 0.44	30.82 ± 0.19
	1 × 102	34.13 ± 0.08	36.44 ± 0.04	31.88 ± 0.15
	10	37.29 ± 1.54	39.72 ± 0.23	33.16 ± 1.00
	1	38.52 ± 1.10	41.60 ± 0.42	32.41 ± 0.57