Guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea

Ki Ho Hong; Sang Won Lee; Taek Soo Kim; Hee Jae Huh; Jaehyeon Lee; So Yeon Kim; Jae Sun Park; Gab Jung Kim; Heungsup Sung; Kyoung Ho Roh; Jae Seok Kim; Hyun Soo Kim; Seung Tae Lee; Moon Woo Seong; Namhee Ryoo; Hyukmin Lee; Kye Chul Kwon; Cheon Kwon Yoo

doi:10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.351

Guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea

Ki Ho Hong
, Sang Won Lee
, Taek Soo Kim
, Hee Jae Huh
, Jaehyeon Lee
, So Yeon Kim
, Jae Sun Park
, Gab Jung Kim
, Heungsup Sung
, Kyoung Ho Roh
, Jae Seok Kim
, Hyun Soo Kim
, Seung Tae Lee^*
, Moon Woo Seong
, Namhee Ryoo
, Hyukmin Lee
, Kye Chul Kwon
, Cheon Kwon Yoo

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Seoul Medical Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Seoul National University
Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan university
National Medical Center
University of Ulsan
National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital
Hallym University
Yonsei University
Keimyung University
Chungnam National University

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Abstract

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, is still ongoing in Korea, with >9,000 confirmed cases as of March 25, 2020. COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and real-time reverse transcription-PCR is currently the most reliable diagnostic method for COVID-19 around the world. Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Centers for Disease Prevention and Control propose guidelines for diagnosing COVID-19 in clinical laboratories in Korea. These guidelines are based on other related domestic and international guidelines, as well as expert opinions and include the selection of test subjects, selection of specimens, diagnostic methods, interpretation of test results, and biosafety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-360
Number of pages	10
Journal	Annals of Laboratory Medicine
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.351
State	Published - 2020.09

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Guidelines
Korea
Laboratory diagnosis
Outbreak

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Medicine
Biological Sciences

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Hong, K. H., Lee, S. W., Kim, T. S., Huh, H. J., Lee, J., Kim, S. Y., Park, J. S., Kim, G. J., Sung, H., Roh, K. H., Kim, J. S., Kim, H. S., Lee, S. T., Seong, M. W., Ryoo, N., Lee, H., Kwon, K. C., & Yoo, C. K. (2020). Guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea. Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 40(5), 351-360. https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.351

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