Publications by authors named "Rachel E Mahoney"
J Clin Lab Anal
April 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the effectiveness of two next-generation detection systems, Cepheid GeneXpert IV and BioFire FilmArray 2.0, in detecting SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic amidst shortages of testing materials.
- Researchers collected 1,080 specimens using different types of biosamples, including nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, saliva, and oropharyngeal (OP) swabs, to compare the sensitivity and specificity of each system.
- Findings revealed that the Cepheid platform was generally more sensitive than BioFire for certain biospecimens, while both platforms showed no significant differences when comparing NP swabs in saline versus viral transport media.
