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. 2022 Apr 7;9(17):2105904. doi: 10.1002/advs.202105904

Table 1.

Examples of commercial kits that are available to market for virus detection

Detection Test kits Target Method Amplification Sensitivity a) Time to result [min] b) Manufacturer Website
HIV‐1/HIV‐2 p24 RocheElecsys HIV Combi PT p24 antigen Sandwich ELISA N/A ≤2 IU mL−1 27 Roche www.roche.com
Dengue (serotype 1–4) Abcam human anti‐dengue virus IgG ELISA IgG Indirect immunoassay N/A >90% 90 Abcam www.abcam.cn
HBV Bayer ADVIA Centaur HCV assay HBsAg Chemiluminescent immunoassay N/A 0.12 ng mL−1 29 Bayer www.bayer.com
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Anti‐Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) IgM ELISA kit RSV IgM Enzyme immunoassay N/A N/A 90 Antibodies www.antibodies‐online.cn
Avian influenza ID Screen influenza competitive subtype‐specific kits N/A Competitive ELISA N/A 93% 150 ID www.id‐vet.com
ZIKV TaqPath Zika Virus kit N/A Nucleic acid amplification RT‐PCR 1 copies mL−1 <1 h Thermofisher www.thermofisher.com
MERS‐CoV RealStar MERS‐CoV Kit N‐gene Nucleic acid amplification RT‐PCR 2.8 × 10−3 PFU <1 h Altona www.altona‐diagnostics.com
2019‐nCoV, SARS‐CoV QIAGEN One‐Step RT‐PCR Kit (2019‐nCoV, SARS‐CoV) E gene Nucleic acid amplification RT‐PCR 5.2 copies mL−1 <30 min QIAGEN www.Qiagen.com
N gene 8.3 copies mL−1
Influenza virus ABI 7500 influenza A‐kit M gene Nucleic acid amplification RT‐PCR 10–100 copies mL−1 <30 min Thermofisher www.thermofisher.com
RSV BioRad virus RT‐PCR Kit F gene of RSV Nucleic acid amplification RT‐PCR 1.4 × 10–1.4 × 106 pg mL−1 3.5–4 h Bio‐Rad www.bio‐rad.com

HAdV

HIV‐1

SARS‐CoV‐2

HSV1/HSV2

Altona RealStar Adenovirus PCR Kit 1.0

NucliSens HIV‐1 EasyQ 2.0

SARS‐CoV‐2 visual RT‐LAMP kit

BD Viper LT

HAdV (hexon) N/A

N gene

N/A

Nucleic acid amplification

Nucleic acid amplification

Dye method

Fluorescent energy transfer

One‐Step RT‐PCR

NASBA

LAMP

SDA

<1.7 log10 copies mL−1

10 copies mL‐1

10 copies mL−1

96.8%

2 h <3 h

40 min <4.5 h

Altona Biomeriex

Biorab

BD

www.altona‐diagnostics.com

www.biomerieux.com.cn

www.biorab.com

www.bd.com

a)

International unit: IU (WHO International Standard Unit); plaque‐forming units: PFU; tissue culture infective dose: TCID;

b)

time to result depends upon the particular assay.