| Autor: |
Araujo Oliveira, Beatriz, Campos de Oliveira, Lea, Cerdeira Sabino, Ester, Suely Okay, Thelma |
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; 2020, Vol. 62, p1-8, 8p, 1 Chart |
| Abstrakt: |
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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