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Table 2 Laboratory examination of coronavirus disease in suspected human cases: interim guidance

From: The burden, admission, and outcomes of COVID-19 among asthmatic patients in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Test

Type of sample

Timing

Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT)

Upper respiratory specimens:

nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab

nasopharyngeal wash/nasopharyngeal

aspirate

Lower respiratory specimens:

sputum, endotracheal

aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage are preferred for patients with severe respiratory disease.

Upon introduction pick. Maybe repeated sampling to clearance monitor. Additional work is required to assess the repeated sampling is for efficient and accurate.

Serology and other

blood and stool are also responsible for the coronaviruses (COVID-19)

Paired samples are needed to confirm with the original sample obtained during disease of first week and the second one preferably obtained after 2–4 weeks (There has to be an ideal timing for convalescent samples Undertaken).