Laboratory evaluation of 185 commercial assays for detecting SARS-CoV-2: the UK response for mass testing
This study was funded by UK Department of Health and Social Care (UKHSA); UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England and the National Health Service Test and Trace); and the University of OxfordNIHRBiomedical Research Centre.
Authors
- Caoimhe Kelly
- Mollie Curran‐French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-7941)
- Louise Oliver
- Bethany Hicks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0055-9771)
- Matthew Catton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-7870)
- Naomi S. Coombes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9631-6875)
- Tracy Benford
- A Gronert
- Tim Peto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-8307)
- Susan Hopkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-5702)
- Kevin S. Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-4873)
- Abbie Bown
- Rebecca D. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-4534)
- Silvia D’Arcangelo
- Ruth A. Elderfield
- Richard Vipond
- Babak Afrough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6651-1239)
- Somya Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-4322)
- Jim Chadwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-4762)
- Raghavendran Kulasegaran‐Shylini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-5716)
- Tom Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-2279)
- Jodie Owen
- Olívia Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-9766)
- Patrick Lahert
- Joseph Gernon
- Peter Hammond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3208-4459)
- Angela Sweed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8234-4115)
- Alex Sienkiewicz
- H. E. Bradley
- Ashley Otter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8317-9194)
- Natalie Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-5349)
- Gabrielle Harker
- Stephen Findlay‐Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6805-2574)
- Bassam Hallis
- Alicia Richardson
- Daniel P. Bailey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-630X)
- Jane Burton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-0667)
- Christopher Burton
- Kevin R. Bewley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-6734)
- Derrick W. Crook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-2850)
- Steven Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-3149)
- Lucy Flett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3667-7063)
- Joshua Nelthorpe-Cowne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0525-8368)
- Hermione Conti-Frith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5298-7904)
- John Chamberlain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7387-6420)
- Ann Sarah Walker
- Ali Vaughan
- Charlie Cooper
- C. Milroy
- Beak‐San Choi
- Neil McLeod
- Cathy Rowe
- Deborah Wright
- Anaya Ellis
- Hannah Fordham
- Alexandra Alexandridou
- Ed Blandford
- Kit Withycombe
- Jack Nevols
- Becky Rayment
- Lauren Setterfield
- Tom Collinge
Institutions
- National Security Agency (US)
- Environment Agency (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Public Health Agency (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EClinicalMedicine
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103416
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Oxford
- Public Health England