Research Article

The Comparative Analysis of Two RT-qPCR Kits for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Reveals a Higher Risk of False-Negative Diagnosis in Samples with High Quantification Cycles for Viral and Internal Genes

Table 1

Summary of limit of detection (Lod, viral copies/µl) for each probe of the analyzed RT-qPCR kits

TAAG RT-qPCR Kit LoD (copies/μl)Thermo Fisher RT-qPCR Kit LoD (copies/μl)

RNase PN1ERNase PORF1abNS
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