Charting the challenges behind the testing of COVID-19 in developing countries: Nepal as a case study

被引：78

作者：

Giri, Anil K. ^{[1
]}

Rana, Divya R. S. J. B. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Helsinki, Inst Mol Med Finland FIMM, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland

[2] Ctr Appl & Allied Sci, Kathmandu, Nepal

来源：

BIOSAFETY AND HEALTH | 2020年 / 2卷 / 02期

关键词：

COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Loop -mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP); assay; Biosafety Level-2 (BSL-2);

D O I：

10.1016/j.bsheal.2020.05.002

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The infrastructure needed to detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) that complies completely with WHO guidelines is lacking across many parts of the globe, especially in developing countries, including Nepal. We outline the problems faced by such countries and suggest that the national and international community should collaborate in the development and adoption of novel protocols for the rapid detection of COVID-19 according to locally available infrastructure, in order to fight against the outbreak. (c) 2020 Chinese Medical Association Publishing House. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the

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