SARS-Cov2 Clinical Diagnostics: Academic Scientists Take on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Med. 2020 Dec 18;1(1):11-13. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.06.002. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Abstract

In this issue of Med, Vanuytsel and colleagues1 demonstrate how academic institutions are stepping up to the forefront of SARS-CoV-2 testing by rapidly implementing a COVID-19 diagnostic test at a large safety net hospital serving an at-risk population, providing a regulatory and logistical roadmap to broaden testing capacity.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Testing
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • RNA, Viral
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Safety-net Providers

Substances

  • RNA, Viral