DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00310-20
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- Received February 20, 2020
- Returned for modification February 26, 2020
- Accepted March 3, 2020
- Published online April 23, 2020.
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- Alexander J. McAdam, Editor, Boston Children’s Hospital
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- Jasper Fuk-Woo Chana,b,c,d,e,
- Cyril Chik-Yan Yipf,
- Kelvin Kai-Wang Toa,b,c,d,
- Tommy Hing-Cheung Tangg,
- Sally Cheuk-Ying Wongh,
- Kit-Hang Leungc,
- Agnes Yim-Fong Fungc,
- Anthony Chin-Ki Ngc,
- Zijiao Zouc,
- Hoi-Wah Tsoic,
- Garnet Kwan-Yue Choif,
- Anthony Raymond Tami,
- Vincent Chi-Chung Chengf,
- Kwok-Hung Chana,c,d,
- Owen Tak-Yin Tsangj and
- Kwok-Yung Yuenb,c,d,e
- aState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- bDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
- cDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- dCarol Yu Centre for Infection, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- eHainan Medical University-The University of Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Tropical Infectious Diseases, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, and The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- fDepartment of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- gDepartment of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- hDepartment of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- iDepartment of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- jDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Address correspondence to Kwok-Yung Yuen, kyyuen{at}hku.hk.
Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan and Cyril Chik-Yan Yip contributed equally to this work as co-first authors. Author order was determined alphabetically.
Citation Chan JF-W, Yip CC-Y, To KK-W, Tang TH-C, Wong SC-Y, Leung K-H, Fung AY-F, Ng AC-K, Zou Z, Tsoi H-W, Choi GK-Y, Tam AR, Cheng VC-C, Chan K-H, Tsang OT-Y, Yuen K-Y. 2020. Improved molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 by the novel, highly sensitive and specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay validated in vitro and with clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 58:e00310-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00310-20.
