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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hong, Ki Ho
• Lee, Sang Won
• Kim, Taek Soo
• Huh, Hee Jae
• Lee, Jaehyeon
• Kim, So Yeon
• Park, Jae Sun
• Kim, Gab Jeong
• Sung, Heungsup
• Roh, Kyoung Ho
• Kim, Jae Seok
• Kim, Hyun Soo
• Lee, Seung Tae
• Seong, Moon Woo
• Ryoo, Namhee
• Lee, Hyukmin
• Kwon, Kye Chul
• Yoo, Cheon Kwon

Titel

Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea

Ist Teil von

• Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2020, 40(5), , pp.351-360

Ort / Verlag

Korea (South): Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, is still ongoing in Korea, with >9,000 confirmed cases as of March 25, 2020. COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and real-time reverse transcription-PCR is currently the most reliable diagnostic method for COVID-19 around the world. Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Centers for Disease Prevention and Control propose guidelines for diagnosing COVID-19 in clinical laboratories in Korea. These guidelines are based on other related domestic and international guidelines, as well as expert opinions and include the selection of test subjects, selection of specimens, diagnostic methods, interpretation of test results, and biosafety.