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Antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) play a significant role in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing. Most Ag-RDTs currently used require nasopharyngeal ...

Sputum sampling was found to be a valuable method for diagnosing and monitoring patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published ...

Lancing a finger elicits minimal pain in humans and is applied routinely to obtain small volumes of blood for clinical diagnostics. A modified lancet bleeding method and several blood sampling ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with urine samples, vaginal swabs had significantly greater sensitivity for chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Long Beach lifeguard Jeremy Rocha gives out a COVID-19 test kit at a drive-thru testing site at Long Beach's Jordan High School on April 18. It's one of 21 sites in Southern California where people ...

Covid-19 testing has become more and more accessible, in pharmacies, doctors’ offices, urgent cares, and pop-up testing sites throughout the country. But the methods of obtaining the sample of ...

Traditional poultry swabbing misses key viral threats—new research shows how air and surface sampling provides a faster, safer way to track dangerous pathogens in live-bird markets. Study: Air ...

The Agency warned that use of an alternate sample type (eg, blood, saliva) may lead to false test results. When testing for monkeypox virus, only swab samples taken directly from a lesion (rash or ...