Diagnosis
Clinical manifestation such as cough, fever and myalgia are being used
as a primitive screening tool determining the necessity of referral to
medical centers. A definitive diagnosis is established based on
laboratory reports. Sputum, nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs,
blood, urine and feces (10, 17) were used as samples for diagnosis and
treatment procedure follow up. Currently there is no definitive
serologic diagnostic laboratory finding. Diagnosis is established based
on the presence of viral genome. Real-time reverse transcription
polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) is mostly used for this cause along
with RNA-based metagenomic sequencing and CRISPR-based technique (1, 5,
26). Besides IgM/IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies can also be used as a
means of diagnosis (27). Imaging studies are also a promising diagnostic
tool.