作者
So Yat Wu, Hoi Shan Yau, Man Yee Yu, Hin Fung Tsang, Lawrence Wing Chi Chan, William Chi Shing Cho, Allen Chi Shing Yu, Aldrin Kay Yuen Yim, Marco JW Li, Yin Kwan Evelyn Wong, Xiao Meng Pei, Sze Chuen Cesar Wong
发表日期
2020/9/1
来源
Expert review of molecular diagnostics
卷号
20
期号
9
页码范围
985-993
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Introduction
The emergence of anovel coronavirus identified in patients with unknown cause of acute respiratory disease in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 has caused aglobal outbreak. The causative coronavirus was later named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was named as Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). As of 10 August 2020, more than 19,718,030 confirmed cases and 728,013 deaths have been reported. COVID-19 is spread via respiratory droplets which are inhaled into the lungs.
Areas covered
In this article, we summarized the knowledge about the causative pathogen of COVID-19 and various diagnostic methods in this pandemic for better understanding of the limitations and the nuances of virus testing for COVID-19.
Expert opinion
In this pandemic, rapid and accurate identification of COVID-19 patients are critical to …
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