A Review on COVID-19 Diagnosis Tests Approved for Use in Brazil and the Impact on Pandemic Control
Braz. arch. biol. technol
; 64(spe): e21200147, 2021. tab, graf
Article
in English
| WHO COVID, LILACS (Americas) | ID: covidwho-1378146
Responsible library:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Abstract With the COVID-19 pandemic, many diagnostic tests (molecular or immunological) were rapidly standardised, given the urgency of the situation, many are still in the process of being validated. The main objective of this study was to review the aspects of the diagnostic kits approved in Brazil and their application in the different federative units to gather epidemiological information. In order to achieve these objectives, a survey was carried out on the data available at the regulatory agency (ANVISA) and in the literature. The main countries that have registered products in Brazil are China (51.4%), Brazil (16.6%), South Korea (9.2%), USA (8.8%) and Germany (3.6%). The methodologies of these products are based on the detection of nucleic-acid (15.8%), antigen (13%) and antibody (71.2%). In the immunological tests, it was verified that the sensitivity ranged from 55 to 100% and the specificity from 80 to 100%. The percentage of cases in the samples tested in Brazil is elevated in almost all federative units since eight states showed 40% of positive cases in tested samples, while 18 states displayed between 20 and 40%. In conclusion, this review showed that Brazil is dependent on external technology to respond to pandemics, epidemics and endemics disease and needs to improve its biotechnological scheme to solve further diseases outbreaks.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
WHO COVID
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. arch. biol. technol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Parana/BR
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Federal University of Paraná/BR
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