Salehi-Vaziri Mostafa, Arashkia Arash, Mostafavi Ehsan, Jalali Tahmineh, Hassan Pouriayevali Mohammad, Fazlalipour Mehdi, Shoja Zabihollah, Rohani Mehdi, Esmaeili Saber, Fotouhi-Chahooki Fatemeh, Baesi Kazem, Maleki Ali, Dawood Mousavi Nasab Seyed, Ahmadi Zahra, Mohammadi Tahereh, Azad-nManjiri Sanam, Sadegh Shams Nosrati Mohammad, Tavakoli Mahsa, Fereydouni Zahra, Khakifirouz Sahar, Mirab Samiee Siamak, Biglari Alireza, Azadmanesh Kayhan
Rapid Response Team, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran.
Reference Health Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Health Policy Technol. 2021 Jun;10(2):100506. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.100506. Epub 2021 Apr 16.
After the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in early 2020 in Iran, the rapid response team of Pasteur Institute of Iran was the first lab starting detection and report of suspected human samples. This article is a short summery of all actions from the preparedness for detecting the first cases of COVID-19, expanding the nationwide laboratory service, choosing the suitable laboratory tests and other challenges in laboratory detection during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Iran.
2020年初新型冠状病毒在伊朗出现后，伊朗巴斯德研究所的快速反应小组是首个开始检测和报告疑似人类样本的实验室。本文简要总结了在伊朗新型冠状病毒大流行期间，从准备检测首例新冠肺炎病例、扩大全国实验室服务、选择合适的实验室检测方法到实验室检测中面临的其他挑战等所有行动。
