Guddi Laishram
Dr, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
False-Negative Results of Initial RT-PCR Assays for COVID-19
Author(s): Risha Patel and Guddi Laishram*
A new virus SARS-COV-2 was discovered in a group of cases of pneumonia in, China on December 2019. Reverse Transcription PCR (RT-PCR) technique that successfully amplifies the etiological agent from Oro-pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swabs helps us for the identification of many infected people. Many people with COVID-19 symptoms have been testing negative due to several reasons. An individual who is suspected for having infection and an initial negative result by RT-PCR test, with subsequent test positive is defined as a case of false negative corona virus or severe acute respiratory syndrome. Results which are false negative have ramifications for accurate diagnosis as well as future transmission in community, as well as control activities, during emergence and in following transmission waves. People who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 but have test.. Read More»