COVID-19 Diagnostics and Testing

Abbreviations

ACDC Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories
ASLM African Society for Laboratory Medicine
BSC Biosafety cabinet
BSL Biosafety level
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (previously known as 2019 novel
coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV)
Ct Cycle threshold
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EOI Expression of interest
EQA External quality assurance
EUA Emergency use authorization
EUL Emergency use listing
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FIND Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
HCW Healthcare worker
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
IATA International Air Transport Association
IC Internal control
IDC International Diagnostics Centre
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IgM Immunoglobulin M
ILI Influenza-like illness
IVD In vitro diagnostics
LDT Lab-developed test
LMIC Low- and middle-income countries

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LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
MERS Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
NAAT Nucleic acid amplification test
NAT Nucleic acid test
NEC Negative extraction control
NMT Nasal mid-turbinate
NTC No template control (or negative control)
PCT Positive template control (or positive control)
PPE Personal protective equipment
PUI Person under investigation
QA Quality assurance
QC Quality control
qPCR Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
RdRp RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
RDT Rapid diagnostic test
RT-PCR Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SARI Severe acute respiratory infection
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SOP Standard operating procedure
TB Tuberculosis
TWG Technical working group
WHO World Health Organization
UPS Uninterruptible power supply

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