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cord-332076-b0qtzzac	Zhen, Wei	Comparison of Four Molecular In Vitro Diagnostic Assays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Specimens	2020-07-23		.txt	text/plain	4082	216	50	In the present study, we evaluated the analytical sensitivity and clinical performance of the following four SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic assays granted emergency use authorization by the FDA using nasopharyngeal swabs from symptomatic patients: the New York SARS-CoV-2 Real-time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel (modified CDC) assay, the Simplexa COVID-19 Direct (Diasorin Molecular) assay, GenMark ePlex SARS-CoV-2 (GenMark) assay, and the Hologic Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 (Hologic) assay. In this study, we evaluated the analytical and clinical performance of four SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic assays granted EUA by the FDA, including the modified CDC, DiaSorin Molecular, GenMark, and Hologic assays. For workflow, TAT, and ease of use, the three sample-to-answer platforms (DiaSorin Molecular, Hologic, and GenMark) outperformed the modified CDC assay, which is a manual assay requiring many steps, specialized personnel, and separate areas for processing and performing the test.	./cache/cord-332076-b0qtzzac.txt	./txt/cord-332076-b0qtzzac.txt