Evaluation and comparison of serological methods for COVID-19 diagnosis

F Gong, H Wei, Q Li, L Liu, B Li - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 has become a global public health crisis. Various
clinical diagnosis methods have been developed to distinguish COVID-19–infected patients …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: Progress in diagnostics, therapy and vaccination

X Liu, C Liu, G Liu, W Luo, N Xia - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has recently become a pandemic. As the sudden …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a novel antigen-based rapid detection test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples

L Porte, P Legarraga, V Vollrath, X Aguilera… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives In the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the
development and validation of rapid and easy-to-perform diagnostic methods are of high …

Prevalence of Sars-Cov-2 infection in health workers (HWs) and diagnostic test performance: the experience of a teaching hospital in central Italy

E Lahner, E Dilaghi, C Prestigiacomo… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Health workers (HWs) are at high risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 (Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) infections. Therefore, health authorities further …

Ultrarapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA using a reverse transcription–free exponential amplification reaction, RTF-EXPAR

JG Carter, L Orueta Iturbe… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
A rapid isothermal method for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19, is reported. The procedure uses an …

Can the detection dog alert on COVID-19 positive persons by sniffing axillary sweat samples? A proof-of-concept study

D Grandjean, R Sarkis, C Lecoq-Julien, A Benard… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this proof-of-concept study was to evaluate if trained dogs could discriminate
between sweat samples from symptomatic COVID-19 positive individuals (SARS-CoV-2 …

Exploring the use of artificial intelligence techniques to detect the presence of coronavirus covid-19 through speech and voice analysis

L Verde, G De Pietro, A Ghoneim, M Alrashoud… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Covid-19 pandemic represents one of the greatest global health emergencies of the last
few decades with indelible consequences for all societies throughout the world. The cost in …

Current state of diagnostic, screening and surveillance testing methods for COVID-19 from an analytical chemistry point of view

J Martin, N Tena, AG Asuero - Microchemical Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Since December 2019, we have been in the battlefield with a new threat to the humanity
known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this review …

Assessment of the direct quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 by droplet digital PCR

M Deiana, A Mori, C Piubelli, S Scarso, M Favarato… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) is a sensitive and reproducible technology widely used for
quantitation of several viruses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 2019-nCoV CDC …

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of molecular and serological tests for COVID-19: a longitudinal study in emergency room

Z Bisoffi, E Pomari, M Deiana, C Piubelli, N Ronzoni… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: We assessed the sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive
value (PPV and NPV) of molecular and serological tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 …