Author:

• Laio Magno - Magno, L - <laiomagnoss@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-0782

Co-author(s):

• Thais Aranha Rossi - Rossi, T.A - <thais.aranha@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2561-088X
• Fernanda Washington de Mendonça-Lima - Mendonça-Lima, F.W - <mlima@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-5805
• Carina Carvalho dos Santos - Santos, C.C - <carvalhos.carina@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-0851
• Guilherme Barreto Campos - Campos, G.B - <guilhermebcampos@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-9517
• Lucas Miranda Marques - Marques, L.M - <lmirandamarques@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8276-8149
• Marcos Pereira Santos - Santos, M.P. - <mpsnutricao@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3766-2502
• Nilia Maria de Brito Lima Prado - Prado, N.M.B.L - <nilia.ufba@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8243-5662
• Inês Dourado - Dourado, I - <ines.dourado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1675-2146

Abstract:

The Brazilian context of social inequalities and barriers in accessing health services may aggravate the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, which already affects all states in the federation, with the growing curve of increasing confirmed cases and deaths. The government of the countries and the agents of the scientific field have been looking for evidence for the best practices of prevention and control of transmission, and care of infection and disease, including measures of diagnosis, treatment and health care. The large-scale testing strategy, aimed at early diagnosis, quarantine of the mild cases identified, as well as those of the contacts, and adequate care of serious cases, has been revised and indicated as one of the efficient measures for the control of the pandemic in several countries in the world. The article aims to discuss the challenges of testing and diagnosing COVID-19 in Brazil.

Keywords:

COVID-19, Testing, Diagnosis, Brazil, Epidemiological surveillance

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