Characteristic
Value
Additional information
Type
RNA detection diagnostic
 
Cost
$ 10 CAD / diagnostic
 
Quantity
300 diagnostics / kit
 
Speed of result
1 hour / diagnostic
Includes Extraction, Amplification and Detection
Throughput
100 diagnostic / hour
This is the speed with one technician working on a full plate 
Output
Multiplexed fluorescence: 
green is positive to SARS-CoV-2
yellow is positive to control
 
Accuracy
98.41%
95% CI 91.47% to 99.96%
 
40 positives
20 negatives
 
The En Carta diagnostic also offers flexibility to detect potential mutations of SARS-CoV-2 up to 10%.
→ detects all variants
Specificity
100% specific
HCoV-OC43, 
HCoV-229E, 
HCoV-NL63, 
MERS, 
influenza A. 
RNA from other pathogens (e.g. SARS-CoV) in progress
Cost of low-cost partner plate reader
$ 5000 CAD
 
Type of sample
NP or Saliva
Tested with both
Preparation needed of the sample
Same as for qPCR : purification of the sample
Tested with column and FAST extraction.