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Monkeypox rapid PCR test in development

Researchers have developed a working prototype of a PCR test for monkeypox that provides accurate, easy-to-read results The test works with a compact, portable system developed for COVID-19 ...
Healio

Multiplex PCR assay detects four respiratory viruses with single swab

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The BD MAX Respiratory Viral Panel detected and differentiated between influenza A and B respiratory syncytial ...
The Digital Universe

BYU team helps create diagnostic tool that achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster, simpler nanopore system

Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...
The Conversation

Here’s another type of COVID test to get your head around. But is this new home kit worth the cost?

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Master of Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. A new type of COVID test is set to be available from November for Australians to use at ...
AOL

After the COVID test swab goes up your nose, it goes to this Indianapolis testing lab

Anyone who has had a COVID-19 PCR test done knows the drill — a swab up the nose and then the tester pops the swab into a plastic bag and off it goes. That’s when the hard work begins of determining ...
Yale Environment 360

Screen saver: Simpler, less costly virus testing in high-risk settings

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.