Clinical, molecular, and epidemiological characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a comprehensive literature review

E Ortiz-Prado, K Simbaña-Rivera… - … and infectious disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses are an extensive family of viruses that can cause disease in both animals
and humans. The current classification of coronaviruses recognizes 39 species in 27 …

Laboratory testing of SARS‐CoV, MERS‐CoV, and SARS‐CoV‐2 (2019‐nCoV): Current status, challenges, and countermeasures

Y Yan, L Chang, L Wang - Reviews in medical virology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are global public concerns. With the outbreak
of unknown pneumonia in Wuhan, China in December 2019, a new coronavirus, SARS …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in healthy donors and patients with COVID-19

J Braun, L Loyal, M Frentsch, D Wendisch, P Georg… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the rapidly
unfolding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1, 2. Clinical manifestations of …

[HTML][HTML] Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019

R Wölfel, VM Corman, W Guggemos, M Seilmaier… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute infection of the respiratory tract
that emerged in late 2019,. Initial outbreaks in China involved 13.8% of cases with severe …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR

VM Corman, O Landt, M Kaiser, R Molenkamp… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Background The ongoing outbreak of the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
poses a challenge for public health laboratories as virus isolates are unavailable while there …

Rapid detection of COVID-19 coronavirus using a reverse transcriptional loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) diagnostic platform

L Yu, S Wu, X Hao, X Dong, L Mao… - Clinical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Rapid Detection of COVID-19 Coronavirus Using a Reverse Transcriptional Loop-Mediated
Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Diagnostic Platform | Clinical Chemistry | Oxford …

[HTML][HTML] Massive and rapid COVID-19 testing is feasible by extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR

I Smyrlaki, M Ekman, A Lentini… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is commonly diagnosed by reverse transcription …

[PDF][PDF] Virological assessment of hospitalized cases of coronavirus disease 2019

KZ Ehmann, C Drosten, C Wendtner, MD Zange… - Nature, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory tract infection that emerged in
late 20191, 2. Initial outbreaks in China involved 13.8% cases with severe-, and 6.1% with …

The middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS)

EI Azhar, DSC Hui, ZA Memish, C Drosten… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a new zoonotic human
viral pathogen endemic to the Middle East. 1–3 It was identified in 2012 in a lung sample of …

Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays as a rapid diagnostic for COVID-19

J Kashir, A Yaqinuddin - Medical hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) has
emerged, rapidly spreading and severely straining the capacity of the global health …