Table 2.

Advantages and disadvantages of current techniques in detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Tests	Analysis of Time	Advantages	Disadvantages	Ref
High-throughput genome sequencing	Around 1–2 weeks	Sequencing of fully genome	Need an expensive equipment	Soon et al. (2013)
RT-PCR	About of 1–1.5 h	Good specificity	False-negative test results, lower sensitivity than CT scan in some patients, need a complex equipment	(Corman et al., 2020; Wikramaratna et al., 2020)
RT-qPCR	About of 1–1.5 h	Highly sensitive technique for the detection and quantification of specific nucleic acids	Time-consuming, False-negative test results	Li et al. (2020a)
LAMP	About 30min	LAMP is quick and does not need costly reagents or appliance, cost-effective and high specificity. high specificity, efficiency, and rapidity, diagnostic sensitivity >95%.	Primer design is complex, unable to perform multiplex amplification, need a non-specific dyes and false positive results	(Khan et al., 2018; Vijay J. Gadkar et al., 2018)
ELISA	About 2 h with kit	High sensitivity (20–80%)	Antibody instability, high cost to synthesis antibody, IgG and IgM production takes place two weeks after the onset of infection	(Zhao et al., 2020a; Sakamoto et al., 2018)
Computed tomography (CT)	Rapid analysis	Rapid detection assay with 97% sensitivity	Low specific	Ai et al. (2020)