Abstract

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (disease:COVID-19) has created a severe public health crisis with an ongoing pandemic and according to the World Health Organization, over 2.5 million confirmed cases of infection to date. Analytical science and techniques are at the forefront of onging research and development and ranges from understanding the fundamental biology of the virus to diagnostic testing. This editorial examines mass spectrometry based analytical strategies used in virus characterization and diagnostics; a summary of what has been done and what is emerging and evolving is presented.

Keywords: COVID-19, Mass spectrometry, diagnostics, characterization, Spike Protein.