Issue 58, 2020

Diagnostic technologies for COVID-19: a review

Abstract

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019, the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly worldwide. Although the governments across the world have adopted different preventative measures, the spread of the virus still cannot be effectively controlled, and the number of infections and deaths continues to grow. Early diagnosis of COVID-19 is one of the key measures to control the spread of the pandemic and timely treatment of infected people. This review summarizes current COVID-19 diagnostic techniques based on virology, serology, and imaging diagnostics and discusses their advantages and limitations with the aim of providing a reference for rapid and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19.

Graphical abstract: Diagnostic technologies for COVID-19: a review

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
24 Jul. 2020
Accepted
12 Sep. 2020
First published
23 Sep. 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 35257-35264

Diagnostic technologies for COVID-19: a review

Q. Chen, Z. He, F. Mao, H. Pei, H. Cao and X. Liu, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35257 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06445A

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