Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Armored RNA in Global Interlaboratory Harmonization Study

In the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers needed reliable access to control material for developing, validating, and running diagnostic tests. A study run at 14 labs around the world shows that bacteriophageprotected (Armored) synthetic controls, which can be more easily distributed at the start of an outbreak, perform comparably to inactive virus.