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- Title
Clinical Sensitivity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosing Coronavirus Disease 2019.
- Authors
Ridgway, Jessica P; Pisano, Jennifer; Landon, Emily; Beavis, Kathleen G; Robicsek, Ari
- 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.
- Subjects
COVID-19; NUCLEIC acid amplification techniques; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa315