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COVID-19 Testing: Challenges, Limitations and Suggestions for Improvement

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Emily Hu^*

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06 April 2020

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09 April 2020

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Abstract

Reliable methods to confirm the diagnosis of COVID-19 are essential to the successful management and containment of the virus. Current diagnostic options are limited in type, supply, and reliability. This article explores the controversial unreliability of existing diagnostic methods and maintains that more reliable diagnostic methods, combinations, and sequencing are necessary to effectively assist in reducing the occurrence of discharge of the patient on false negative test results. This reduction would in effect reduce transmission of the disease.

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Subject: Medicine and Pharmacology - Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

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