Coronavirus detection in the clinical microbiology laboratory: Are we ready for identifying and diagnosing a novel virus?

ndemic species of coronaviruses (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, and HCoVHKU1) are frequent causes of upper respiratory tract infections. The molecular diagnosis of the four species has become integrated into most of the comprehensive respiratory molecular panels used for routine diagnosis. Three h...