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Review
. 2020 Aug;12(8):4378-4390.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1928.

Expert consensus-based laboratory testing of SARS-CoV-2

Zifeng Yang  1 , Jie Wu  2 , Feng Ye  1 , Bing Zhu  3 , Wenda Guan  1 , Jicheng Huang  4 , Zhou Songyang  5 , Yong Liu  6 , Yi Chen  3 , Qiuling Du  1   7 , Jingxian Chen  6 , Yu Zhang  8 , Changwen Ke  2 , Yongping Lin  1 , Baoqing Sun  1 , Jun Zeng  7 , Ling Chen  1 , Jiankang Ren  6 , Xiwen Jiang  9 , Minfei Yu  10 , Biao Di  11 , Nanshan Zhong  1 , Lei Zheng  12
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Review

Expert consensus-based laboratory testing of SARS-CoV-2

Zifeng Yang et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-1928). NZ serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Journal of Thoracic Disease. The other author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Suitable tests and specimens during the course of COVID-19.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Electron micrographs of ultrathin sections of virus-positive Vero-E6 cells isolated from SARS-CoV-2 pharyngeal swab samples (provided by Zifeng Yang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University). (A) A large number of viral granules can be seen in the cytosol, outside the membrane, and between the protrusions, and virions (bar =200 nm, 50,000×) are also attached to the inner wall of the vesicle; (B) a large number of virions adhere inside and outside of the cytosol and between the protrusions (bar =500 nm, 30,000×).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Electron micrographs of ultra-thin sections of alveolar lavage fluid from SARS-CoV-2-positive patients (provided by Zifeng Yang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University). The figure shows that there are obvious lamellar bodies in the cells, which can be judged as type II alveolar epithelial cells. A large number of vesicles in the cells are enriched with numerous viral granules (bar =200 nm, 50,000×).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Packaging of class A infectious substances.
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