Diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2: current status
and issues

Sraboni Mazumder; Md Monirul Hoque

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Issue: Vol.14 No.2 - July 2020

Diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2: current status and issues

Authors:

Sraboni Mazumder

Affiliations

Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College, 1/A Ibrahim Sarani, Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh

,

Md Monirul Hoque

Affiliations

Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, USA

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the whole world. Accurate, rapid and affordable diagnostic testing for COVID-19 is crucial to prevent and control this global pandemic. This paper reviews the current status and issues related to diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

IMC J Med Sci 2020; 14(2): 004. EPub date: 24 October 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/imcjms.v14i2.52831

*Correspondence: Sraboni Mazumder, Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College, 1/A Ibrahim Sarani, Shegun Bagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected]