Reducing False Negative PCR Test for COVID-19

As the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic spreads rapidly, there is need for a diagnostic test with high accuracy to detect infected individuals especially those without symptoms. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is a common molecular test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2. If some factors are not t...

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Autores principales: Bahreini, Fatemeh, Najafi, Rezvan, Amini, Razieh, Khazaei, Salman, Bashirian, Saeid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2020
Materias:
Letter to the Editor | Covid-19 Test
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7552113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072432
http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.421
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Sumario:As the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic spreads rapidly, there is need for a diagnostic test with high accuracy to detect infected individuals especially those without symptoms. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is a common molecular test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2. If some factors are not taken into consideration when performing this test, it can have a relatively large number of false negative results. In this article, we discuss important considerations that could lead to false negative test reduction.

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