SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 disease: a mini review on diagnostic methods.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 62: e44, 2020.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-627888
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease initially reported in China and currently worldwide dispersed caused by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) affecting more than seven million people around the world causing more than 400 thousand deaths (on June 8th, 2020). The diagnosis of COVID-19 is based on the clinical and epidemiological history of the patient. However, the gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis is the viral detection through the amplification of nucleic acids. Although the quantitative Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) has been described as the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19, there are several difficulties involving its use. Here we comment on RT-PCR and describe alternative tests developed for the diagnosis of COVID-19.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S1678-9946202062044
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