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    Test rápidos de antígenos para la detección del SARS-CoV-2: Revisión narrativa

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    The rapid identificationand isolation of COVID-19 patients has become the cornerstone for the control of the recent outbreak. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction is routinely used to confirm COVID-19 diagnosis and is considered the gold standard due to high sensitivity and specificity. Nevertheless, it usually takes several days and a relatively higher cost. Antigen tests based have emerged to cope with such disadvantages, by offering rapid results, an easy-to-use procedure, and low costs. The objective of the narrative review was to provide up-to-date data about CE-marked rapid antigen tests (RATs) for COVID-19. Given their large number, the study only focused on representative and widely used in Spain (Standard Q, Nadal, Panbio, CerTest, and Wondfo). RATs have become a very useful and validated tool for controlling the spread of COVID-19 allowing the rapid identification of active infection and isolation of positive patients. The present revision of the literature has demonstrated that sensitivity and specificity of all available RATs in Spain are high and accomplish European regulations and WHO recommendations.La rápida identificación y aislamiento de los pacientes por COVID-19 se ha convertido en un reto para el control de la pandemia. La reacción en cadena de la polimerasa cuantitativa a tiempo real se utiliza de manera rutinaria para confirmar el diagnóstico de COVID-19 y se considera el estándar de referencia por su alta sensibilidad y especificidad. Sin embargo, normalmente lleva varios días y los costes son relativamente altos. Los test de antígeno son una herramienta rápida, fácil de realizar y de bajo coste. El objetivo de la revisión narrativa es proporcionar información actualizada sobre los test rápidos de antígenos (TRA) para COVID-19 con marcado europeo. Dado su gran número, el estudio solo se enfoca en aquellos representativos y ampliamente empleados en España (Standard Q, Nadal, Panbio, CerTest y Wondfo). Los TRA se han convertido en una herramienta validada muy útil para controlar la diseminación de la COVID-19, al permitir la identificación rápida de la infección activa y el aislamiento de pacientes positivos. La presente revisión de la literatura ha demostrado que la sensibilidad y especificidad de los TRA disponibles en España son altas y cumplen con la regulación europea y las recomendaciones de la OMS

    The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

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    Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which affect them. Knowledge of reptilian diversity remains surprisingly disparate, and innovative means of gaining rapid insight into the status of reptiles are needed in order to highlight urgent conservation cases and inform environmental policy with appropriate biodiversity information in a timely manner. We present the first ever global analysis of extinction risk in reptiles, based on a random representative sample of 1500 species (16% of all currently known species). To our knowledge, our results provide the first analysis of the global conservation status and distribution patterns of reptiles and the threats affecting them, highlighting conservation priorities and knowledge gaps which need to be addressed urgently to ensure the continued survival of the world’s reptiles. Nearly one in five reptilian species are threatened with extinction, with another one in five species classed as Data Deficient. The proportion of threatened reptile species is highest in freshwater environments, tropical regions and on oceanic islands, while data deficiency was highest in tropical areas, such as Central Africa and Southeast Asia, and among fossorial reptiles. Our results emphasise the need for research attention to be focussed on tropical areas which are experiencing the most dramatic rates of habitat loss, on fossorial reptiles for which there is a chronic lack of data, and on certain taxa such as snakes for which extinction risk may currently be underestimated due to lack of population information. Conservation actions specifically need to mitigate the effects of human-induced habitat loss and harvesting, which are the predominant threats to reptiles
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