Abstract

PONCE REY, Liena de Regla; ALONSO DEL RIVERO ANTIGUA, Maday  and  RESIK AGUIRRE, Sonia. Contribution of the School of Biology of the University of Havana in the molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 at IPK. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2022, vol.74, n.2  Epub Nov 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3054.

At the end of 2019, the existence and spread of a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, responsible of the disease COVID-19 was known worldwide. From the beginning, the Cuban governmental and health authorities drawn up epidemiological control strategies, in which the molecular diagnosis by real-time PCR was of paramount importance for the control of the disease in our country. A large number of young professionals and students from the School of Biology of the University of Havana joined this task. This paper deals with the main activities performed by the students related to the molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 at the “Pedro Kourí” Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in the first months of the pandemic in our country. The exercise of the profession in the implementation of the skills, and theoretical and practical knowledge; the acquisition of new knowledge; and the promotion of ethical and moral values such as solidarity, companionship, and joint work characterized this experience full of challenges and achievements.

Keywords : coronavirus; COVID-19; molecular diagnosis; PCR; volunteers; School of Biology; University of Havana; IPK.

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