Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19: Current Issues and Challenges

• Published in: Journal of clinical microbiology Vol. 58; no. 6
• Main Authors: Tang, Yi-Wei, Schmitz, Jonathan E., Persing, David H., Stratton, Charles W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 26.05.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus - genetics; Betacoronavirus - immunology; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; COVID-19 Vaccines; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; result interpretation; specimen type; SARS-CoV-2; molecular testing; serology

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a major impact on clinical microbiology laboratories in the past several months. This commentary covers current issues and challenges for the laboratory diagnosis of infections caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the preanalytical...