SARS-CoV-2: review of the global pandemic

Identifier:  TFG:4458

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG4458

Authors:  Gomis López, Ángela

Abstract:
Coronavirus disease 2019 is the disease cause by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The main objective was to review SARS-CoV-2, its biology, core characteristics, methods of detections, diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment. Secondly, was to perform an assessment of four assays for the detection of antibodies anti-SARS-CoV-2, two automated immunoassays and two lateral flow immunoassays, using the RT-PCR as the reference method. Both automated immunoassays outperformed the lateral flow immunoassays in sensitivity and specificity. New research is published every day about the virus origin, treatment, vaccines, methods of detection, among other topics.