Diagnostic Concordance of Two‐ and Three‐Gene <scp>SARS</scp> ‐ <scp>CoV</scp> ‐2 Molecular Assays in Cameroon: Implications for Efficient Pandemic Response in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

GeneXpert exhibits superiority over ThermoFisher in detecting cases of COVID-19. As expected, agreement between two- and three-genes assays at CT < 20 was excellent, suggesting interoperability of these platforms during outbreaks for high viral loads cases. However, two-genes assays may be decisive to guide decision-making for effective public health response while facing intermediate to low-level viral loads in LMICs.