Covid-19, History and Modern Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques: A Rapid Review

ABSTRACT

The great catastrophe that the world faced after World War II, which is the Corona epidemic, was discovered in the 2019 year in Hubei Province, Wuhan, China, and it is a severe respiratory disorder. The World Health Organization gave it this name, and it is one of the viruses (SARS-CO-2). Among the problems that the world faces is how to control them. Given the seriousness of the disease, we need to find quick ways to limit the spread of the virus. The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is the current gold standard diagnostic method for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and is considered one of the modern techniques until now for managing the current outbreak to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections. However, several other faster and more accurate tests are being developed for the diagnosis of SARS-CO-2 aiming to control the spread of infection through the identification of patients and instant isolation of the virus. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.