Journal:Laboratory testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in suspected human cases
Full article title | Laboratory testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in suspected human cases |
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Author(s) |
World Health Organization; Leitmeyer, Katrin; Zambon, Maria; Drosten, Christian; Koopmans, Marion; Poon, Leo; Gao, George; Nahapetyan, Karen; Inbanathan, Francis; Pereyaslov, Dmitriy; Uhlenhaut, Christine; Grabovac, Varja; Vandemaele, Katelijn; Samaan, Magdi; Fuster, Christian; Zhang, Wenqing; Stevens, Lisa; Oxenford, Chris; Cognat, Sebastian; Kojima, Kazunobu; Dolea, Carmen; Brown, Caroline; Barnadas, Céline; Van Kerkhove, Maria; Carter, Lisa; Perkins, Mark D.; von Eije, Karin |
Author affiliation(s) |
European Center for Disease Control, Public Health England, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Erasmus University Medical Center, Hong Kong University, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization |
Primary contact | Email: WHElab at who dot int |
Year published | 2020 |
Volume and issue | 2020.5 |
Page(s) | 1–7 |
Distribution license | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO |
Website | https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331501 |
Download | https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331501/WHO-COVID-19-laboratory-2020.5-eng.pdf (PDF) |
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Background
This document provides interim guidance to laboratories and stakeholders involved in COVID-19 virus laboratory testing of patients. It is based in part on the interim guidance on laboratory testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Information on human infection with the COVID-19 virus is evolving and WHO continues to monitor developments and revise recommendations as necessary. This document will be revised as new information becomes available. Feedback is welcome and can be sent to WHElab@who.int.
The virus has now been named SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)(2).[7] This virus can cause the disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). WHO refers to the virus as COVID-19 virus in its current documentation.
References
- ↑ World Health Organization (January 2018). "Laboratory testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, interim guidance (revised), January 2018". WHO/MERS/LAB/15.1/Rev1/2018. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/mers-laboratory-testing/en/.
- ↑ World Health Organization (2018). Managing epidemics: Key facts about major deadly diseases. World Health Organization. pp. 257. ISBN 9789241565530. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/272442.
- ↑ World Health Organization (2011). WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network: Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza. World Health Organization. pp. 140. ISBN 9789241548090. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44518.
- ↑ World Health Organization (October 2018). "Protocol to investigate non-seasonal influenza and other emerging acute respiratory diseases". WHO/WHE/IHM/GIP/2018.2. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/publications/outbreak_investigation_protocol/en/.
- ↑ World Health Organization (October 1999). "WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards, Second Edition". WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/99.2. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/65517.
- ↑ World Health Organization (2000). "Guidelines for the Collection of Clinical Specimens During Field Investigation of Outbreaks". WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/2000.4. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/66348.
- ↑ Gorbalenya, A.E.; Baker, S.C.; Baric, R.S. et al. (2020). "Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: The species and its viruses – A statement of the Coronavirus Study Group". bioRxiv: 937862. doi:10.1101/2020.02.07.937862.
Notes
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