Covid-19: testing times

Beeching, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-8791, Fletcher, Tom and Beadsworth, Mike (2020) 'Covid-19: testing times'. BMJ, Vol 369, m1403.

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Abstract

“Test, test, test” is the key to controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and its clinical manifestation, covid-19, according to the World Health Organisation.1 However, three months after notification of the novel coronavirus infection in China, there is inadequate access to appropriate diagnostic tests globally and confusion among healthcare professionals and the public about prioritisation of testing and interpretation of results.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 243 Diagnositic services WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > General Virus Diseases > WC 500 Virus diseases (General or not elsewhere classified) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 505 Viral respiratory tract infections WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 506 COVID-19
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department Education
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1403
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2020 14:48
Last Modified:	03 Feb 2022 14:23
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/14163

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