COVID-19 clinical and laboratory diagnosis overview.
Rania A ZayedDalia Abdelhamid OmranAbeer A ZayedPublished in: The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association (2021)
The most important approach in the battle against COVID-19 is rapid diagnosis of suspicious cases, timely therapeutic intervention and isolation to avoid community spread. Diagnosis depends mainly on PCR testing and serological tests. However, even in the context of negative lab test results and clinical suspicion of COVID-19 infection, clinical decision should be based on clinical suspicion.