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| ==2. Diagnostic testing of COVID-19== | | <div class="nonumtoc">__TOC__</div> |
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| ===2.1 Testing conducted on previous coronaviruses=== | |
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| ====2.1.1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)====
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| This disease arose in South China in late 2002. Caused by the SARS caronavirus (SARS-CoV) and believed to have originated from horseshoe bats<ref name="McKieScientists17">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/sars-virus-bats-china-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome |title=Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China |author=McKie, R. |work=The Guardian |date=09 December 2017 |accessdate=03 April 2020}}</ref>, SARS eventually was contained in the summer of 2003. The last known infection was in April 2004, due to a laboratory accident.<ref name="NormileMounting04">{{cite journal |title=Mounting Lab Accidents Raise SARS Fears |journal=Science |author=Normile, D. |volume304 |issue=5671 |pages=659–61 |year=2004 |doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.659 |pmid=15118129}}</ref> During that time, the following sample collection and test procedures evolved from the related outbreaks<ref name="NYSDHLab04">{{cite web |url=https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/sars/sars_reporting/attachment_6_dear_doctor_lab.htm |title=Laboratory Testing for SARS |author=New York State Department of Health |publisher=State of New York |date=February 2004 |accessdate=03 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="CDCSevere04">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/sars/guidance/f-lab/downloads/F-lab-full.pdf |format=PDF |title=Public Health Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Version 2 - Supplement F: Laboratory Guidance |author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |date=21 May 2004 |accessdate=03 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="KnoblerLearning04">{{cite book |chapter=Appendix C: In the absence of SARS-CoV transmission worldwide: Guidance for surveillance, clinical and laboratory evaluation, and reporting |title=Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak |editor=Knobler, S.; Mahmoud, A.; Lemon, S. et al. |publisher=National Academies Press |pages=292–302 |year=2004 |isbn=9780309182157 |doi=10.17226/10915}}</ref><ref name="WHO_SARSInt04">{{cite web |url=http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/en/SARSReferenceLab.pdf |title=WHO SARS International Reference and Verification Laboratory Network: Policy and Procedures in the Inter-Epidemic Period |author=World Health Organization |publisher=World Health Organization |date=23 January 2004 |accessdate=03 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="LiangLab04">{{cite journal |title=Laboratory Diagnosis of Four Recent Sporadic Cases of Community-acquired SARS, Guangdong Province, China |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |author=Liang, G.; Chen, Q.; Xu, J. et al. |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=1774–81 |year=2004 |doi=10.3201/eid1010.040445 |pmid=15504263 |pmc=PMC3323270}}</ref>:
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| * Determine that the patient is indicating clinical and/or epidemiological evidence of SARS.
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| * Collect multiple specimen types at different time points of the patient's illness. Respiratory samples should be from [[Nasopharyngeal swab|nasopharyngeal aspirates and swabs]] in the upper respiratory tract, or in some cases fluids from the lower respiratory tract using [[bronchoalveolar lavage]].
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| ===2.2 Organizational and agency guidance on COVID-19 testing===
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| ===2.3 Current test kits and their differences===
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| ===2.4 Regulatory and recommended requirements for reporting test results===
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