Comparison of Primer-Probe Sets among Different Master Mixes for Laboratory Screening of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Table 4

Comparison of value means for LightCycler Multiplex RNA Virus Master with three primer-probe sets (IDT, Phu Sa, and TIB-Molbiol).

Dilution	Viral copies	TIB-Molbiol; values				IDT; values				Phu Sa; values
		Mean	SD		AE	Mean	SD		AE	Mean	SD		AE
1 : 10^7	96	34.64	0.47	0.97	107	34.81	0.37	0.97	107	34.78	0.19	0.97	108
1 : 10^7½	48	36.13	0.49			36.32	0.36			36.28	0.20
1 : 10^8	9.6	37.64	0.47			37.81	0.37			37.79	0.22
1 : 10^8½	4.8	39.02	0.34			39.17	0.27			39.23	0.10