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| ==2. Diagnostic testing of COVID-19==
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| ===2.1 Testing conducted on previous coronaviruses===
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| ====2.1.1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)====
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| This disease arose in South China in late 2002. Caused by the SARS caronavirus (SARS-CoV) and believed to have originated from horseshoe bats<ref name="McKieScientists17">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/sars-virus-bats-china-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome |title=Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China |author=McKie, R. |work=The Guardian |date=09 December 2017 |accessdate=03 April 2020}}</ref>, SARS eventually was contained in the summer of 2003, and the last known infection was in April 2004, due to a laboratory accident.<ref name="NormileMounting04">{{cite journal |title=Mounting Lab Accidents Raise SARS Fears |journal=Science |author=Normile, D. |volume304 |issue=5671 |pages=659–61 |year=2004 |doi=10.1126/science.304.5671.659 |pmid=15118129}}</ref>
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| ===2.2 Organizational and agency guidance on COVID-19 testing===
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| ===2.3 Current test kits and their differences===
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| ===2.4 Regulatory and recommended requirements for reporting test results===
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