COVID-19 Molecular Testing in Korea: Practical Essentials and Answers From Experts Based on Experiences of Emergency Use Authorization Assays

• Published in: Annals of laboratory medicine Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 439 - 447
• Main Authors: Sung, Heungsup, Roh, Kyoung Ho, Hong, Ki Ho, Seong, Moon-Woo, Ryoo, Namhee, Kim, Hyun Soo, Lee, Jaehyeon, Kim, So Yeon, Ryu, Sook Won, Kim, Mi-Na, Han, Myung Guk, Lee, Sang Won, Lee, Hyukmin, Yoo, Cheon Kwon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine 01.11.2020; 대한진단검사의학회
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus - genetics; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - genetics; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins; COVID-19; Guanidines - chemistry; Guidelines; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Nasopharynx - virology; Nucleocapsid Proteins - genetics; Open Reading Frames - genetics; Oropharynx - virology; Pandemics; Phosphoproteins; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - genetics; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Republic of Korea; RNA, Viral - genetics; RNA, Viral - metabolism; SARS-CoV-2; Thiocyanates - chemistry; Viral Envelope Proteins - genetics; Viroporin Proteins; 병리학; Republic of Korea; Real-time RT-PCR; Laboratory diagnosis; Coronavirus disease 2019; Guidelines; Korea

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Early detection of COVID-19 and immediate isolation of infected patients from the naive population are important to prevent further pandemic spread of the infection. R...