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cord-312849-vgzvpwz9	Eckbo, Eric J.	Evaluation of the BioFire® COVID-19 Test and Respiratory Panel 2.1 for Rapid Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples	2020-11-10		.txt	text/plain	1421	74	48	title: Evaluation of the BioFire® COVID-19 Test and Respiratory Panel 2.1 for Rapid Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples The BioFire® COVID-19 Test and Respiratory Panel 2.1 (RP2.1) are rapid, fully automated assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs. We evaluated the performance characteristics of these tests in comparison to a laboratory-developed real-time PCR assay targeting the viral RdRP and E genes. This report describes the results of an independent evaluation of the performance characteristics of the BioFire COVID-19 Test and the RP2.1 for detection of SARS-CoV-2. The BioFire COVID-19 Test and Respiratory Panel 2.1 are easy-to-use, highly sensitive, and rapid assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab specimens. This evaluation demonstrates that the assays perform comparably to our laboratory developed real-time PCR assay, with 100% agreement in testing results for clinical specimens and acceptable performance at their stated limits of detection.	./cache/cord-312849-vgzvpwz9.txt	./txt/cord-312849-vgzvpwz9.txt