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<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-0390</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica del Uruguay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Méd. Urug.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0390</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sindicato Médico del Uruguay]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-03902020000400131</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29193/rmu.36.4.7</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico de laboratorio de COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 laboratory diagnostic]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico de laboratório de COVID-19]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ballesté]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Seija]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Facultad de Medicina Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Facultad de Medicina Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Facultad de Medicina Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>131</fpage>
<lpage>155</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-03902020000400131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-03902020000400131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-03902020000400131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Más de 500 test o pruebas diagnósticas para COVID-19 se están comercializando en el mercado mundial o se encuentran en avanzada fase de desarrollo. En esta situación, sin precedentes, es importante comprender el tipo de ensayos disponibles así como su rol en el proceso diagnóstico. El diagnóstico preciso es clave en el manejo de la pandemia. Esto permite la adecuada identificación de los casos, lo cual habilita las medidas posteriores de control: búsqueda de contactos y aislamiento. En esta revisión describiremos el fundamento y la utilidad de los diferentes tipos de pruebas para diagnóstico etiológico disponibles. También estableceremos las condiciones preanalíticas necesarias para su realización, la sensibilidad y especificidad clínicas, así como la correcta interpretación y emisión de los resultados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: Over 500 COVID-19 diagnostic tests are available in the global market or are completing the final stages of development. Within this unprecedented framework, it is important to learn about the different types of trials available and understand their role in the diagnostic process. An accurate diagnosis is key for the handling of the pandemic, since it allows for the right identification of cases and thus entitles authorities to take the subsequent control measures: search for contacts and isolation. This review describes the foundations and usefulness of the different types of etiological diagnosis. It also establishes the pre-analytical conditions required to apply them, their clinical sensitivity and specificity, as well as the right interpretation and issuance of results.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Mais de 500 testes ou exames diagnósticos para COVID-19 estão sendo comercializados no mercado mundial ou estão em estágio avançado de desenvolvimento. Nesta situação sem precedentes, é importante compreender o tipo de ensaios disponíveis, bem como o seu papel no processo diagnóstico. O diagnóstico preciso é fundamental para controlar a pandemia. Isso permite a identificação adequada dos casos, o que possibilita medidas de controle subsequentes: busca de contatos e isolamento. Nesta revisão, descrevemos a lógica e a utilidade dos diferentes tipos de testes diagnósticos etiológicos disponíveis. Também estabelecemos as condições pré-analíticas necessárias para sua realização, a sensibilidade e especificidade clínicas, bem como a correta interpretação e a liberação dos resultados.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Infecciones por coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Técnicas de laboratorio clínico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Clinical laboratory techniques]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Infecções por coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Técnicas de laboratório clínico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></kwd>
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