Figure 1.
Clinical and laboratory-based diagnostic approaches in COVID-19 diagnosis and prognosis. The clinical symptoms of COVID-19 along with their diagnostic techniques based on different research areas. As the virus gains entry into the host through nasal pathway, it travels up to the respiratory system where different clinical changes can be observed during the disease progression. Role of interdisciplinary biologists and their contribution in detection of COVID-19 is shown in this figure. Data from Tu et al.90
Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cells; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; GGO, ground glass opacities.