SARS-CoV-2 Variants Genotyping and Diagnostic Performance of a 2-Genes Detection Assay.

Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the unprecedented expansion of molecular testing technologies. This study aimed at evaluating the performance of the FluoroType® SARS-CoV-2 plus assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection as well as describing the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants using the FluoroType® SARS-CoV-2 varID Q kit.

Methods: The study utilized 679 archived nasopharyngeal samples.