The Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Virus and Microbiological Diagnosis

• DOI: 10.4274/eamr.galenos.2020.71501
• Publication Date: 2020-06-26T11:52:11Z
• Authors: Çiğdem Arabacı; Gülten Aydın Tutak; Belgin Eroğlu Kesim; Biray Ertürk; Kenan Ak; Erdoğan Ağaç
• Keywords: Coronavirus; Pandemic; Nucleic acid test

World Health Organization, named the disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 coronavirus on 11 February 2020 as Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19).A person who has clinical symptom and a history of contact with patient confirmed COVID-19 is identified ''possible case'' expected to be laboratory test.A case asymptomatic/symptomatic suspected individual positive molecular test.Specific diagnosis made specific tests respiratory samples (orafarengeal/ nasopharyngeal swab/sputum/endotracheal aspirates bronchoalveolar lavage).The virus can also detected in stool severe patients for short time blood.The number that should used pandemic rapidly increasing.At beginning outbreak Turkey, could only performed central unit then they began other reference laboratories.Rapid antigen did not provide desired performance, while rapid antibody were distributed field support polymerase chain reaction determine immunity.Microbiology Laboratory indispensable controlling pandemic.