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2. Diagnostic testing of COVID-19

2.1 Testing conducted on previous coronaviruses

2.1.1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

This disease arose in South China in late 2002. Caused by the SARS caronavirus (SARS-CoV) and believed to have originated from horseshoe bats[1], SARS eventually was contained in the summer of 2003, and the last known infection was in April 2004, due to a laboratory accident.[2]


2.2 Organizational and agency guidance on COVID-19 testing

2.3 Current test kits and their differences

2.4 Regulatory and recommended requirements for reporting test results

  1. McKie, R. (9 December 2017). "Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/sars-virus-bats-china-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome. Retrieved 03 April 2020. 
  2. Normile, D. (2004). "Mounting Lab Accidents Raise SARS Fears". Science (5671): 659–61. doi:10.1126/science.304.5671.659. PMID 15118129.