Background Diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients and screening of populations
for SARS-CoV-2 infection require access to straightforward, low-cost and high-throughput …

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health problem, which is
challenging healthcare worldwide. In this critical review, we discussed the advantages and …

Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the preferred method to diagnose coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Saliva has been suggested as an alternative to nasopharyngeal …

Accurate molecular diagnostic tests are necessary for confirming a diagnosis of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) and for identifying asymptomatic carriage of severe acute …

Accurate, self-collected, and non-invasive diagnostics are critical to perform mass-screening
diagnostic tests for COVID-19. This systematic review with meta-analysis evaluated the …

Scope The objective of these guidelines is to identify the most appropriate diagnostic test
and/or diagnostic approach for SARS-CoV-2. The recommendations are intended to provide …

Objectives This scoping review aims to summarize the diagnostic value of saliva assessed
from current studies that (1) compare its performance in reverse transcriptase‐polymerase …

Objectives There remain challenges in using SARS-CoV-2 RNA diagnostic assays in the
respiratory tract in a pandemic. More so certain countries such as Hong Kong have already …

Molecular assays on nasopharyngeal swabs act as a confirmatory test in coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) diagnosis. However, the technical requirements of nasopharyngeal …

Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infections is mostly based on the nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS).
However, this collection is invasive and uncomfortable, especially for children and patients …