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. 2022 Oct 18;10(6):e01355-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01355-22

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of samples with various lineages, including variants of concern, and results of testing with 1st- and 2nd-generation SARS-CoV-2 Xpert Xpress assay

Sample Pango lineage NextStrain clade WHO VOC designation 1st-generation SARS-CoV-2 Xpressa interpretation 1st-generation SARS-CoV-2 Xpressa CT value
2nd-generation CoV-2 RUOb interpretation 2nd-generation CoV-2 RUOb CT value
2nd-generation CoV-2/Flu/RSV-plus Xpressa interpretation 2nd-generation CoV-2/Flu/RSV-plus Xpress a CT value for SARS-CoV-2
E N2 E N2 RdRp
CD025 B.1.1.7 20I/501Y.V1 Alpha SARS-CoV-2 positive 31.6 33.7 SARS-CoV-2 positive 26.3 28.9 28.9 SARS-CoV-2 positive 28.6
CD026 B.1.351 20H/501Y.V2 Beta SARS-CoV-2 positive 25.3 28.0 SARS-CoV-2 positive 25.2 28.3 26.7 SARS-CoV-2 positive 25.0
CD027 B.1.429 20C Epsilon SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.8 22.3 SARS-CoV-2 positive 21.1 23.9 22.6 SARS-CoV-2 positive 21.7
CD028 B.1.525 20A Eta SARS-CoV-2 positive 20.4 22.7 SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.8 22.6 21.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22.1
CD029 B.1.526 20C Iota SARS-CoV-2 positive 20.2 22.8 SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.1 22.2 20.6 SARS-CoV-2 positive 20.2
CD030 B.1.621 20A Mu SARS-CoV-2 positive 35.1 37.2 SARS-CoV-2 positive 33.1 36.1 35.5 SARS-CoV-2 positive 34.5
CD031 B.1.617.2 21A Delta SARS-CoV-2 positive 26.2 27.6 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22.1 25.9 24.6 SARS-CoV-2 positive 24.7
CD038 B.1.617.2 21A Delta SARS-CoV-2 positive 28.3 31.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 27.3 30.8 29.3 SARS-CoV-2 positive 28.6
CD040 B.1.2 20G NAc SARS-CoV-2 positive 26.6 28.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 25.6 28.3 27.8 SARS-CoV-2 positive 27
CD041 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 17.2 19.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 15.7 19.2 17.5 SARS-CoV-2 positive 17.3
CD042 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.8 22 SARS-CoV-2 positive 18.7 22.1 20.3 SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.5
CD043 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 17.2 19.7 SARS-CoV-2 positive 15.7 19.5 17.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 17.3
CD044 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 18.4 20.6 SARS-CoV-2 positive 17 20.7 18.9 SARS-CoV-2 positive 18.5
CD045 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22.8 25.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 21.9 25.3 23.8 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22.8
CD046 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22.2 24.5 SARS-CoV-2 positive 21.2 24.9 23.2 SARS-CoV-2 positive 22
CD047 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 29.6 32.5 SARS-CoV-2 positive 27.9 31.8 30.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 29.1
CD048 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 27.2 28.9 SARS-CoV-2 positive 25.1 28.6 27.3 SARS-CoV-2 positive 27.2
CD049 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 21.2 23.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 19.4 22.9 21.4 SARS-CoV-2 positive 20.9
CD050 B.1.529.1 21K Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 positive 26.5 28.9 SARS-CoV-2 positive 24.4 27.9 26.7 SARS-CoV-2 positive 26.6
a

The assay has been issued U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization.

b

The research use only (RUO) assay has not been authorized as a diagnostic device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This assay is technically equivalent to the Xpress CoV-2-plus test, which received FDA EUA after this testing was performed.

c

NA, not applicable.