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Out of these 7 human coronavirus strains, only 3 (SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV & SARS-CoV) are known to cause severe infections and have an history of causing major disease outbreaks leading to many human deaths. Coronavirus has been trending in the news ever since a member of this family has taken over the globe by causing a pandemic situation. Viral Transport Kits Get a Quote Now Most of us are familiar with this term because either we have heard about it on the news or from our known ones. But when it comes to the masses, only a few know about this family as the people have remained oblivious towards them since their discovery. So in this article, we will try to learn about this family more by exploring a little. Like any other family of viruses, coronavirus is also identified as a family of closely related viruses that cause potentially deadly diseases in mammals and birds. There are many different types of coronaviruses, out of which 7 are known to cause illnesses in humans...

Proper diagnosis of a disease is only possible when the standard procedure is correctly followed using the right tools. The same thing applies in the case of COVID-19.  When this infection was in its early stages and had just started spreading like fire, people began to panic a lot as they were clueless about this novel disease. They didn’t know about how to proceed with the testing, what samples should be tested, what are required for detecting the pathogen and many more question that needed an answer. So to pacify the situation, CDC came up with a guideline that could help the health workers in collecting the suspected samples without getting themselves infected by the virus. In the guidelines, the CDC recommends collecting and testing an upper respiratory nasopharyngeal swab(NP), for the initial diagnosis of COVID-19. The next priority is given to the oropharyngeal swabs and if collected, they should be combined in the same tube as the NP. All the swab specimens are ...