Table 1.
Search strategy
| PubMed/MEDLINE (searched on 23 November 2022) | Items found | |
| Condition of Interest | "2019 nCoV"[Title/Abstract] OR "2019nCoV"[Title/Abstract] OR "2019 novel coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "COVID-19"[Title/Abstract] OR "covid-19"[Title/Abstract] OR "COVID19"[Title/Abstract] OR "covid 19"[Title/Abstract] OR "new coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "novel coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "novel corona virus"[Title/Abstract] OR "sars cov 2"[Title/Abstract] OR "SARS-CoV-2"[Title/Abstract] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[Title/Abstract] | 298 019 |
| Type of Technology | "molecular"[Title/Abstract] OR "isothermal"[Title/Abstract] OR "PCR"[Title/Abstract] OR "polymerase chain reaction"[Title/Abstract] OR "LAMP"[Title/Abstract] OR “CRISPR” [Title/Abstract] OR "immunoassay"[Title/Abstract] OR "antigen"[Title/Abstract] | 2 781 618 |
| Intended Setting | "point of care"[All Fields] OR "POC"[All Fields] OR "near patient"[All Fields] OR "rapid test*"[All Fields] OR "bedside test*"[All Fields] OR "laboratory-independent"[All Fields] OR "point-of-care"[All Fields] OR "POCT"[All Fields] OR "portable"[All Fields] | 83 363 |
| Intended Use Case | "diagnos*"[Title/Abstract] OR "detect*"[Title/Abstract] | 5 169 560 |
| Search Term | ("2019 nCoV"[Title/Abstract] OR "2019nCoV"[Title/Abstract] OR "2019 novel coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "COVID-19"[Title/Abstract] OR "covid-19"[Title/Abstract] OR "COVID19"[Title/Abstract] OR "covid 19"[Title/Abstract] OR "new coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "novel coronavirus"[Title/Abstract] OR "novel corona virus"[Title/Abstract] OR "sars cov 2"[Title/Abstract] OR " SARS-CoV-2 "[Title/Abstract] OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("molecular"[Title/Abstract] OR "isothermal"[Title/Abstract] OR "PCR"[Title/Abstract] OR "polymerase chain reaction"[Title/Abstract] OR "LAMP"[Title/Abstract] OR "immunoassay"[Title/Abstract] OR "antigen"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("point of care"[All Fields] OR "POC"[All Fields] OR "near patient"[All Fields] OR "rapid test*"[All Fields] OR "bedside test*"[All Fields] OR "laboratory-independent"[All Fields] OR "point-of-care"[All Fields] OR "POCT"[All Fields] OR "portable"[All Fields]) AND ("diagnos*"[Title/Abstract] OR "detect*"[Title/Abstract]) | 1646 |
| medRxiv (searched on 23 Nov 2022) | Items Found | |
| Condition of Interest | "2019 nCoV", "2019nCoV", "2019 novel coronavirus", "COVID-19", "covid-19","COVID19","covid 19", "new coronavirus", "novel coronavirus", "novel corona virus", "sars cov 2", "SARS-CoV-2", "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" | 18 990 |
| Type of Technology | "molecular", "isothermal", "PCR", "polymerase chain reaction", "LAMP", "immunoassay", "antigen", “CRISPR” | 5547 |
| Intended Setting | "point of care", "POC", "near patient", "rapid test*", "bedside test*", "laboratory-independent", “point-of-care”, “POCT”, “portable” | 657 |
| Intended Use Case | "diagnos","detect" | 10 915 |
| Search Term | "2019 nCoV" OR "2019nCoV" OR "2019 novel coronavirus" OR "COVID-19" OR "covid-19" OR "COVID19" OR "covid 19" OR "new coronavirus" OR "novel coronavirus" OR "novel corona virus" OR "sars cov 2" OR "SARS-CoV-2" OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2") AND ("molecular" OR "isothermal" OR "PCR" OR "polymerase chain reaction" OR "LAMP" OR "immunoassay" OR "antigen" OR “CRISPR”) AND ("point of care" OR "POC" OR "near patient" OR "rapid test*" OR "bedside test" OR "laboratory-independent" OR “point-of-care” OR “POCT” OR “portable”) AND ("diagnos" OR "detect") | 275 |
| bioRxiv (searched on 23 Nov 2022) | Items Found | |
| Condition of Interest | "2019 nCoV", "2019nCoV", "2019 novel coronavirus", "COVID-19", "covid-19","COVID19","covid 19", "new coronavirus", "novel coronavirus", "novel corona virus", "sars cov 2", "SARS-CoV-2", "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" | 6498 |
| Type of Technology | "molecular", "isothermal", "PCR", "polymerase chain reaction", "LAMP", "immunoassay", "antigen" | 34 925 |
| Intended Setting | "point of care", "POC", "near patient", "rapid test*", "bedside test*", "laboratory-independent", “point-of-care”, “POCT”, “portable” | 652 |
| Intended Use Case | "diagnos","detect" | 25 150 |
| Search Term | "2019 nCoV" OR "2019nCoV" OR "2019 novel coronavirus" OR "COVID-19" OR "covid-19" OR "COVID19" OR "covid 19" OR "new coronavirus" OR "novel coronavirus" OR "novel corona virus" OR "sars cov 2" OR "SARS-CoV-2" OR "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2") AND ("molecular" OR "isothermal" OR "PCR" OR "polymerase chain reaction" OR "LAMP" OR "immunoassay" OR "antigen") AND ("point of care" OR "POC" OR "near patient" OR "rapid test*" OR "bedside test" OR "laboratory-independent" OR “point-of-care” OR “POCT” OR “portable”) AND ("diagnos" OR "detect") | 33 |