https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/c4813deac1cb946ca95b6d49eef83e93.pdf 8fbbac7f6eac1f9759fab4cab64da0c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Performance Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 PCR Assays Developed by WHO Referral Laboratories. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emilie Frobert, Antonin Bal, Valérie Cheynet, Guy Oriol, Florence Morfin, Karen Brengel-Pesce, Laurence Generenaz, Gregory Destras, Geneviève Billaud, Sibyle Etievant, Vanessa Escuret, Maude Bouscambert, Laurence Josset, Alexandre Gaymard Description An account of the resource A reliable diagnostic assay is crucial to early detect new COVID-19 cases and limit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has published several diagnostic molecular approaches developed by referral laboratories, including Charité (Germany), HKU (Hong Kong), China CDC (China), US CDC (United States), and Institut Pasteur, Paris (France). We aimed to compare the sensitivity and specificity of these different RT-PCR assays using SARS-CoV-2 cell culture supernatants and clinical respiratory samples. Overall, the different RT-PCR assays performed well for SARS-CoV-2 detection and were all specific except the N Charité (Germany), and N2 US CDC (United States) assays. RdRp Institut Pasteur (IP2, IP4), N China CDC, and N1 US CDC were found to be the most sensitive assays. The data presented herein are of prime importance to facilitate the equipment choice of diagnostic laboratories, as well as for the development of marketed tests. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource RT-PCR, diagnostics, Sensitivity, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.3390/jcm9061871 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Clinical Medicine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available MDPI AG