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ReviewJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2020

The diagnosis of pandemic coronavirus pneumonia: A review of radiology examination and laboratory test.

Zhong Zheng, Zhixian Yao, Ke Wu, Junhua Zheng

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Review in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Saliva sampling for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infections in symptomatic patients and asymptomatic carriers.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhong ZhengDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Medical Aid Team in Wuhan, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhixian YaoDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Medical Aid Team in Wuhan, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Ke WuDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Medical Aid Team in Wuhan, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: doctorwuke@sjtu.edu.cn.
Junhua ZhengDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Medical Aid Team in Wuhan, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: zhengjh0471@sina.com.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), epidemic prevention strategies have been implemented worldwide. For the sake of controlling the infectious coronavirus pneumonia, early diagnosis and quarantine play an imperative role. Currently, the mainstream diagnostic methods are imaging and laboratory diagnosis, which differ in their efficacy of diagnosis. To compare the detection rate, we reviewed numerous literature on pneumonia caused by coronaviruses (SARS, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2) and analyzed two different ways of diagnosis. The results showed that the detection rate of computed tomography (CT) diagnosis was significantly higher than that of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) (P = 0.00697). Still, clinicians should combine radiology and laboratory methods to achieve a higher detection rate, so that instant isolation and treatment could be effectively conducted to curb the rampant spread of the epidemic.

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BetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRadiographyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSARS-CoV-2ThoraxTomography, X-Ray ComputedChest radiographyComputed tomographyCoronavirus disease 2019Coronavirus pneumoniaDiagnosisPolymerase chain reaction

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PMID32438256
PMCPMC7189856
OpenAlexW3018598269

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