Coronavirus

A meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of real-time PCR for diagnosing novel coronavirus infections

C. Lin, Ye, R., and Xia, Y. L., A meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of real-time PCR for diagnosing novel coronavirus infections, vol. 14, pp. 15634-15641, 2015.

Novel coronavirus (nCoV) belongs to the Coronaviridae family, which includes the virus that causes SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. However, infection source, transmission route, and host of nCoV have not yet been thoroughly characterized. In some cases, nCoV presented a limited person-to-person transmission. Therefore, early diagnosis of nCoV may be of importance for reducing the spread of disease in public. Methods for nCoV diagnosis involve smear dyeing inspection, culture identification, and real-time PCR detection, all of which are proved highly effective.

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