id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-311604-qsc3nks6 Wong, River Chun‐Wai Performance evaluation of Panther Fusion SARS‐CoV‐2 assay for detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 from deep throat saliva, nasopharyngeal and lower‐respiratory‐tract specimens 2020-09-30 .txt text/plain 932 61 56 title: Performance evaluation of Panther Fusion SARS‐CoV‐2 assay for detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 from deep throat saliva, nasopharyngeal and lower‐respiratory‐tract specimens This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic performance of PF assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in comparison to the TIB-Molbiol LightMix® SarbecoV E-gene assay (TIB-Molbiol assay) (TIB-Molbiol, Berlin, Germany) using DTS, NP and LRT specimens. Despite the manufacturer of TIB Miobiol regarded results with Ct <36 as positive, when use as an initial screening test in our laboratory, sample with any Ct value will be tested supplementary with Xpert Xpress assay. Evaluation on testing of deep throat saliva and lower respiratory tract specimens with Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay Comparison of the performance of the Panther Fusion respiratory virus panel to R-Gene and laboratory developed tests for diagnostic and hygiene screening specimens from the upper and lower respiratory tract Evaluation of Performance Characteristics of Panther Fusion Assays for Detection of Respiratory Viruses from Nasopharyngeal and Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens ./cache/cord-311604-qsc3nks6.txt ./txt/cord-311604-qsc3nks6.txt