Rev Invest Clin
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Observational Study
Result Turnaround Time of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 is the Main Cause of COVID-19 Diagnostic Delay: A Country-Wide Observational Study of Mexico and Colombia.
Delay in COVID-19 diagnosis due to late real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction reporting has been described to be an important cause of suboptimal COVID-19 surveillance and outbreak containment. ⋯ Diagnostic delay was mostly due to test turnaround time. Marginalization status was an important barrier to diagnostic test access.