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. 2020 Aug 19;138(5):422–432. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.034306072020

Table 1. Search strategy according to the corresponding database.

Database Search strategy
Cochrane Library
  • #1 MeSH descriptor: [SARS Virus] explode all trees

  • #2 MeSH descriptor: [Coronavirus Infections] explode all trees

  • #3 MeSH descriptor: [Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction] explode all trees

  • #4 MeSH descriptor: [Polymerase Chain Reaction] explode all trees

  • #5 MeSH descriptor: [Tomography, X-Ray Computed] explode all trees

  • #6: #1 OR #2 AND #3 OR #4 AND #5

MEDLINE
  • #1: “COVID-19 [Supplementary Concept]”[MeSH] OR (2019 novel coronavirus infection) OR (COVID19) OR (coronavirus disease 2019) OR (coronavirus disease-19) OR (2019-nCoV disease) OR (2019 novel coronavirus disease) OR (2019-nCoV infection) OR “SARS Virus”[MeSH] OR (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus) OR (SARS-Related Coronavirus) OR (Coronavirus, SARS-Related) OR (SARS Related Coronavirus) OR (SARS-CoV) OR (Urbani SARS-Associated Coronavirus) OR (Coronavirus, Urbani SARS-Associated) OR (SARS-Associated Coronavirus, Urbani) OR (Urbani SARS Associated Coronavirus) OR (SARS Coronavirus) OR (Coronavirus, SARS) OR (Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus) OR (Severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus) OR (SARS-Associated Coronavirus) OR (Coronavirus, SARS-Associated) OR (SARS Associated Coronavirus) OR “Coronavirus Infections”[MeSH] OR (Coronavirus Infection) OR (Infection, Coronavirus) OR (Infections, Coronavirus) OR (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) OR (MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome))

  • #2: “Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction”[MeSH] OR (Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Real-Time PCR) OR (PCR, Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Real-Time) OR (Real Time PCR) OR (Real-Time PCRs) OR (Kinetic Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCR) OR (PCR, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (Quantitative Real Time PCR) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCRs) OR (Real-Time PCR, Quantitative) OR (Real-Time PCRs, Quantitative) OR “Polymerase Chain Reaction”[MeSH] OR (Polymerase Chain Reactions) OR (Reaction, Polymerase Chain) OR (Reactions, Polymerase Chain) OR (PCR) OR (Inverse PCR) OR (PCR, Inverse) OR (Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Nested PCR) OR (PCR, Nested) OR (Anchored PCR) OR (PCR, Anchored) OR (Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction)

  • #3: “Tomography, X-Ray Computed”[MeSH] OR (X-Ray Computed Tomography) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computerized) OR (Computed X Ray Tomography) OR (X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Computerized Tomography, X Ray) OR (Computerized Tomography, X-Ray) OR (X-Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (CT X Ray) OR (CT X Rays) OR (X Ray, CT) OR (X Rays, CT) OR (Tomodensitometry) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computed) OR (X Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (X-Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (Computed X-Ray Tomography) OR (Tomographies, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Xray Computed) OR (Computed Tomography, Xray) OR (Xray Computed Tomography) OR (CAT Scan, X Ray) OR (CAT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CAT Scans, X-Ray) OR (Scan, X-Ray CAT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CAT) OR (X-Ray CAT Scan) OR (X-Ray CAT Scans) OR (Tomography, Transmission Computed) OR (Computed Tomography, Transmission) OR (Transmission Computed Tomography) OR (CT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CT Scan, X Ray) OR (CT Scans, X-Ray) OR (Scan, X-Ray CT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CT) OR (X-Ray CT Scan) OR (X-Ray CT Scans) OR (Computed Tomography, X-Ray) OR (Computed Tomography, X Ray) OR (X Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (Cine-CT) OR (Cine CT) OR (Electron Beam Computed Tomography) OR (Electron Beam Tomography) OR (Beam Tomography, Electron) OR (Tomography, Electron Beam) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial) OR (X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography) OR (X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography)

  • #4: #1 AND #2 AND #3

EMBASE (OvidSP)
  • #1: ‘covid 19’/exp OR ‘SARS coronavirus’/exp OR ‘Coronavirus infection’/exp

  • #2: ‘pcr assay kit’/exp OR ‘real time polymerase chain reaction’/exp OR ‘polymerase chain reaction’/exp

  • #3: ‘x-ray computed tomography’/exp

  • #4: #1 AND #2 AND #3

LILACS
  • #1: MH:”SARS Virus” OR (Virus del SRAS) OR (Vírus da SARS) OR (CoV-SARS) OR (CoV-SRAG) OR (Coronavirus Associado a SARS) OR (Coronavirus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave) OR (SARS-CoV) OR (SRAG-CoV) OR (Vírus SARS) OR (Vírus da Pneumonia Asiática) OR (Vírus da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave) OR (Vírus da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Severa) OR MH:B04.820.504.540.150.113.937$ OR (covid-19) OR (2019 novel coronavirus infection) OR (COVID19) OR (coronavirus disease 2019) OR (coronavirus disease-19) OR (2019-nCoV disease) OR (2019 novel coronavirus disease) OR (2019-nCoV infection)

  • #2: MH:”Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction” OR (Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa) OR (Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real) OR (Kinetic Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (PCR, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (PCR, Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Real-Time) or (Quantitative Real Time PCR) OR (Quantitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCR) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCRs) OR (Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Real Time PCR) OR (Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Real-Time PCR) OR (Real-Time PCR, Quantitative) OR (Real-Time PCRs) OR (Real-Time PCRs, Quantitative) OR MH:E05.393.620.500.706$ OR MH:”Polymerase Chain Reaction” OR (Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa) OR (Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase) OR (Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Inverse PCR) or (Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Nested PCR) or (Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (PCR) or (PCR, Anchored) OR (PCR, Inverse) OR (PCR, Nested) OR (Polymerase Chain Reactions) OR (Reaction, Polymerase Chain) OR (Reactions, Polymerase Chain) OR MH:E05.393.620.500$

  • #3: MH:”Tomography, X-Ray Computed” OR (Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X) OR (Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X) OR (Beam Tomography, Electron) or (CAT Scan, X Ray) OR (CAT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CAT Scans, X-Ray) OR (CT Scan, X Ray) OR (CT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CT Scans, X-Ray) OR (CT X Ray) OR (CT X Rays) OR (Cine CT) OR (Cine-CT) OR (Computed Tomography, Transmission) OR (Computed Tomography, X Ray) OR (Computed Tomography, X-Ray) OR (Computed Tomography, Xray) OR (Computed X Ray Tomography) OR (Computed X-Ray Tomography) OR (Computerized Tomography, X Ray) OR (Computerized Tomography, X-Ray) OR (Electron Beam Computed Tomography) OR (Electron Beam Tomography) OR (Scan, X-Ray CAT) OR (Scan, X-Ray CT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CAT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CT) OR (Tomodensitometry) OR (Tomographies, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Electron Beam) OR (Tomography, Transmission Computed) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computed) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computerized) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial) OR (Tomography, Xray Computed) OR (Transmission Computed Tomography) OR (X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography) OR (X Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (X Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (X Ray, CT) OR (X Rays, CT) OR (X-Ray CAT Scan) OR (X-Ray CAT Scans) OR (X-Ray CT Scan) OR (X-Ray CT Scans) OR (X-Ray Computed Tomography) OR (X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography) OR (X-Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (X-Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (Xray Computed Tomography) or (mh:E01.370.350.350.810$) OR MH:E01.370.350.600.350.700.810$) OR MH:E01.370.350.700.700.810$ OR MH:E01.370.350.700.810.810$ OR MH:E01.370.350.825.810.810$

  • #4: #1 AND #2 AND #3

CINAHL
  • #1: (SARS Virus) or (CoV-SARS) or (CoV-SRAG) or (Coronavirus Associado a SARS) or (Coronavirus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave) or (SARS-CoV) or (SRAG-CoV) or (Vírus SARS) or (Vírus da Pneumonia Asiática) or (Vírus da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave) or (Vírus da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Severa) OR (COVID-19) OR (2019 novel coronavirus infection) OR (COVID19) OR (coronavirus disease 2019) OR (coronavirus disease-19) OR (2019-nCoV disease) OR (2019 novel coronavirus disease) OR (2019-nCoV infection)

  • #2: (Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Real-Time PCR) OR (PCR, Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Real-Time) OR (Real Time PCR) OR (Real-Time PCRs) OR (Kinetic Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCR) OR (PCR, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (PCRs, Quantitative Real-Time) OR (Quantitative Real Time PCR) OR (Quantitative Real-Time PCRs) OR (Real-Time PCR, Quantitative) OR (Real-Time PCRs, Quantitative) OR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Polymerase Chain Reactions) OR (Reaction, Polymerase Chain) OR (Reactions, Polymerase Chain) OR (PCR) OR (Inverse PCR) OR (PCR, Inverse) OR (Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction) OR (Nested PCR) OR (PCR, Nested) OR (Anchored PCR) OR (PCR, Anchored) OR (Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction)

  • #3: (Tomography, X-Ray Computed) OR (X-Ray Computed Tomography) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computerized) OR (Computed X Ray Tomography) OR (X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted) OR (Computerized Tomography, X Ray) OR (Computerized Tomography, X-Ray) OR (X-Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (CT X Ray) OR (CT X Rays) OR (X Ray, CT) OR (X Rays, CT) OR (Tomodensitometry) OR (Tomography, X Ray Computed) OR (X Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (X-Ray Tomography, Computed) OR (Computed X-Ray Tomography) OR (Tomographies, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Computed X-Ray) OR (Tomography, Xray Computed) OR (Computed Tomography, Xray) OR (Xray Computed Tomography) OR (CAT Scan, X Ray) OR (CAT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CAT Scans, X-Ray) OR (Scan, X-Ray CAT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CAT) OR (X-Ray CAT Scan) OR (X-Ray CAT Scans) OR (Tomography, Transmission Computed) OR (Computed Tomography, Transmission) OR (Transmission Computed Tomography) OR (CT Scan, X-Ray) OR (CT Scan, X Ray) OR (CT Scans, X-Ray) OR (Scan, X-Ray CT) OR (Scans, X-Ray CT) OR (X-Ray CT Scan) OR (X-Ray CT Scans) OR (Computed Tomography, X-Ray) OR (Computed Tomography, X Ray) OR (X Ray Computerized Tomography) OR (Cine-CT) OR (Cine CT) OR (Electron Beam Computed Tomography) OR (Electron Beam Tomography) OR (Beam Tomography, Electron) OR (Tomography, Electron Beam) OR (Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial) Ography, X Ray Computerized Axial) OR (X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography) OR (X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography)

  • #4: #1 AND #2 AND #3