NAAT

NAAT means Nucleic Acid Amplification Test

''A Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, or NAAT, is a type of viral diagnostic test for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19. NAATs detect genetic material (nucleic acids). NAATs for Sars-CoV-2 specifically identify the RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences that comprise the genetic material of the virus''.

NAATs can use many different methods to amplify nucleic acids and detect the virus, including but not limited to:
 * Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
 * Isothermal amplification including:
 * Nicking endonuclease amplification reaction (NEAR)
 * Transcription mediated amplification (TMA)
 * Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
 * Helicase-dependent amplification (HDA)
 * Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)
 * Strand displacement amplification (SDA)

External

 * CDC.gov, Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs)