Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Korea.
The recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Korea was unexpected that laboratory response had to be built up urgently during the outbreak. The outbreak was almost all healthcare-associated, which was aggravated by lack of availability in laboratory diagnosis of MERS-CoV on site. On behalf of the MERS joint public and private sector response committee (MERS Joint committee), the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine (KSLM) launched a MERS response task force (MERS KSLM TF) to facilitate clinical laboratories set up MERS molecular diagnosis. MERS TF established guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of MERS-CoV and provided it to all participating laboratories as the official guidance of MERS Joint committee. This guideline was used for procedure manual of molecular diagnosis of MERS-CoV and laboratory safety manual.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Hyukmin
0000-0002-8523-4126
H
Lee
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Chang-Seok
0000-0001-7679-8731
CS
Ki
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Heungsup
H
Sung
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sinyoung
S
Kim
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Moon-Woo
MW
Seong
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Dongeun
D
Yong
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jae-Seok
JS
Kim
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Mi-Kyung
MK
Lee
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Mi-Na
0000-0002-4624-6925
MN
Kim
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jong-Rak
JR
Choi
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jeong-Ho
JH
Kim
Guideline; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; Molecular diagnosis; Task force; The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine