COVID-19 outbreak is the fastest spreading, most widely infected, and most difficult to prevent and control major health emergency since the founding of New China. Early diagnosis and timely control of suspected cases are key to containing the spread of the epidemic. Currently, the main laboratory detection methods include virus isolation and culture, real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR), genome sequencing, isothermal amplification, CRISPR/CAS technique, gene chip, and antigen-antibody detection. In this paper, we review the above detection methods and compare their advantages and disadvantages to provide a reference for the diagnosis of COVID-19.

Man Wu, Dawang Wang, Yanxia Ma, Feixue Feng. Advances in Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 3: 15-23. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2022.040304.

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