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Delayed Laboratory Response to COVID-19 Caused by Molecular Diagnostic Contamination

Published inEmerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 26, no. 8, p. 1944-1946
Publication date2020
Abstract

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) created an exceptional situation in which numerous laboratories in Europe simultaneously implemented SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. These laboratories reported in February 2020 that commercial primer and probe batches for SARS-CoV-2 detection were contaminated with synthetic control material, causing delays of regional testing roll-out in various countries.

Keywords
  • Artifacts
  • Betacoronavirus/genetics/pathogenicity
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods/standards
  • Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
  • Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology/virology
  • DNA Primers/analysis/chemical synthesis
  • DNA Probes/analysis/chemical synthesis
  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Tests
  • Routine
  • Europe/epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Laboratories/organization & administration/standards
  • Pandemics
  • Pathology
  • Molecular
  • Pneumonia
  • Viral/diagnosis/epidemiology/virology
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase/genetics
  • Reagent Kits
  • Diagnostic/standards/supply & distribution
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/standards/statistics & numerical data
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics
Funding
  • European Commission - European Virus Archive GLOBAL [871029]
Citation (ISO format)
MÖGLING, Ramona et al. Delayed Laboratory Response to COVID-19 Caused by Molecular Diagnostic Contamination. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, vol. 26, n° 8, p. 1944–1946. doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201843
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ISSN of the journal1080-6040
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