Background COVID-19 is an ongoing public health pandemic regardless of the countless
efforts made by various actors. Quality diagnostic tests are important for early detection and …

With emergence of pandemic COVID-19, rapid and accurate diagnostic testing is essential.
This study compared laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) used for the detection of SARS-CoV …

OLALEKAN, Adesola et al. COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test could contain transmission in low-
and middle-income countries. Afr. J. Lab. Med.[online]. 2020, vol. 9, n. 1, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2225 …

Background: The recent emergence and rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) demonstrates the urgent need for laboratory …

Background Understanding the false negative rates of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing is
pivotal for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and it has implications for patient …

Background. Health and social management of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, responsible for
the COVID-19 disease, requires both screening tools and diagnostic procedures. Reliable …

The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled a pressing need to expand the diagnostic landscape
to permit high-volume testing in peak demand. Rapid nucleic acid testing based on …

In the publication entitled “Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-
PCR”(Eurosurveillance 25 (8) 2020) the authors present a diagnostic workflow and RT …

The aim of this study was to identify and validate a sensitive, high-throughput, and cost-
effective SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT-PCR assay to be used as a surveillance and diagnostic …

In limelight of the ongoing pandemic SARS-CoV-2 testing is critical for the diagnosis of
infected patients, contact-tracing and mitigating the transmission. Diagnostic laboratories are …