Published on in Vol 22, No 10 (2020): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.03.20052183v1, first published .
Rapid Serological Assays and SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2: Comparative Study

Rapid Serological Assays and SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2: Comparative Study

Rapid Serological Assays and SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2: Comparative Study

Angelo Virgilio Paradiso   1 * , MD ;   Simona De Summa   2 * , PhD ;   Daniela Loconsole   3 , PhD ;   Vito Procacci   4 , PhD ;   Anna Sallustio   5 , PhD ;   Francesca Centrone   3 , PhD ;   Nicola Silvestris   6, 7 , PhD ;   Vito Cafagna   8 , MSc ;   Giuseppe De Palma   9 , PhD ;   Antonio Tufaro   9 , MSc ;   Vito Michele Garrisi   8 * , PhD ;   Maria Chironna   3, 4, 5, 10 * , PhD

1 Science Direction, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy

2 Molecular Diagnostics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy

3 Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology-Hygiene Section, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

4 Emergency Department, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy

5 Regional Epidemiological Observatory, Apulia Region, Bari, Italy

6 Unit of Internal Medicine Guido Baccelli, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy

7 Medical Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy

8 Clinical Pathology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy

9 Experimental Oncology and BioBank Management Unit, Institutional BioBank, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy

10 Hygeine Unit, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy

*these authors contributed equally

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