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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2184-0628</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gazeta Médica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gaz Med]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2184-0628</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Círculo Médico]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2184-06282020000200213</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29315/gm.v7i2.366</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Teste Serológico: Um Auxílio no Diagnóstico de COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Serological Test: Supporting the Diagnosis of COVID-19]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernandes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catarina Borges]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sampaio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[António Marcos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramalho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo Torres]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Veiga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rui]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leite]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvelos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Margarida Pereira e]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bettencourt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital CUF Porto Serviço de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Porto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>213</fpage>
<lpage>216</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2184-06282020000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2184-06282020000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2184-06282020000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O surgimento do vírus da síndrome respiratória aguda grave - coronavírus 2, responsável pela doença COVID-19, conduziu a um rápido desenvolvimento de métodos moleculares e serológicos para o seu diagnóstico. Apesar de o teste molecular de amostras do trato respiratório ser o teste de diagnóstico standard, verifica-se um interesse crescente pelo uso de exames serológicos, mas existe, ainda, evidência limitada sobre os mesmos. Os autores apresentam dois casos clínicos em que traduzem algumas das vantagens da utilização do teste serológico como complementar no diagnóstico da infeção pelo vírus da síndrome respiratória aguda grave - coronavírus 2, nomeadamente nos casos ativos de COVID-19, que apresentam teste molecular inicial negativo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus - coronavirus 2, responsible for COVID-19 disease, led to a rapid development of molecular and serological methods for its diagnosis. Although the molecular test of respiratory tract samples is the standard diagnostic test, there is a growing interest in the use of serological tests, but there is still limited evidence about them. The authors present two clinical cases in which they exhibit some of the advantages of using the serological test as a complement in the diagnosis of infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus - coronavirus 2, especially in the active cases of COVID-19, which present with negative initial molecular test.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Infeções por Coronavírus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Testes Serológicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus Infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Serologic Tests]]></kwd>
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