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Diagnosis of COVID-19: Considerations, Controversies and Challenges in South Africa

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that has resulted in over 1.5 million confirmed cases and close to 100,000 deaths. In the majority of symptomatic cases COVID-19 results in a mild disease predominantly characterised by up...

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Autores principales:	Dheda, Keertan, Jaumdally, Shameem, Davids, Malika, Chang, Ju-Wei, Gina, Phindile, Pooran, Anil, Makambwa, Edson, Esmail, Ali, Vardas, Eftyxia, Preiser, Wolfgang
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wits University Press 2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7187744/ http://dx.doi.org/10.18772/26180197.2020.v2nSIa1

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