Volume 31 Number 3 (2022)

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Diagnostic Tests: A Glimpse

Islam N1 , Das MC2 , Saif-Ur-Rahman KM3 , Khan MA4 , Khandaker G5 , Das D6

Mymensingh Med J 2022 Jul; 31 (3): 887-889

PMID: 35780380

Abstract

Mass testing for COVID-19 infection is one of the core measures in tackling the global spread of the disease. Testing is vital to diagnose and estimate cases, attack rates and case fatality rates- critical data for policy-making. As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, the demand for more extensive laboratory testing and innovative technology increases. However, countries around the world have been struggling to keep up pace with the worldwide demand to expand testing strategy. The pandemic evolves, so does our knowledge and understanding of diagnostic tests of COVID-19. Here we aim to review major challenges related to COVID-19 diagnostic tests and future development. So, the ongoing urgency and demand for tests would certainly steer the rapid uptake of novel techniques, which in turn would boost our understanding of diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

Keywords: Corona virus disease, Covid-19, Diagnostic test, Glimpse


  1. School of Public Health and Life Sciences,

    University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Volume 31, Number 3 (2022)
Page: 887-889