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. 2020 Jul 24;7(8):ofaa315.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa315. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Clinical Sensitivity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosing Coronavirus Disease 2019

Jessica P Ridgway  1 , Jennifer Pisano  1 , Emily Landon  1 , Kathleen G Beavis  2 , Ari Robicsek  3
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Clinical Sensitivity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosing Coronavirus Disease 2019

Jessica P Ridgway et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Utilizing 34 348 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) results from 2 health systems, we estimated the clinical sensitivity of a single SARS-CoV-2 NAAT. We found that SARS-CoV-2 NAAT has 82%-97% sensitivity for diagnosing coronavirus disease 2019 among symptomatic patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2.

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Flow diagram of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 polymerase chain reaction tests.
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