and RSV or respiratory syncytial virus. As we all know, there was virtually no flu season last year because most places were on lockdown, many schools were virtual, people weren't going to work ...

Here is what to know about the virus, which transmits ... the nose or throat using a swab. Similar to COVID, the sample is analysed in a lab, often with RT-PCR tests. Other methods, like antigen ...

This number lags far behind the three million-plus cases of infection detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR ... a nasal swab in this way, you don’t just get the RNA from the virus, you ...

The following is a summary of “How likely is it that a virus or bacteria is causing a patient’s symptoms? A new approach to interpret the outcome from multi-pathogen PCR,” published in the January ...

Cases of another type of respiratory virus spiked this spring ... 19.6% of antigen tests and nearly 11% of PCR tests for human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, were positive in the US in early March.

This CE-IVD marked multiplex PCR test is specifically designed to detect and differentiate between multiple respiratory viruses during flu season. The test uses an assay design with two SARS-CoV-2 ...

It looks like this virus ... underlying respiratory or cardiac issues may be similarly at risk for both, premature newborns ...

On 3 separate dates during October, January, and March, 17 or 18 cotton swab samples were obtained ... for presence of influenza A and influenza B virus RNA.

The HMPV virus typically causes ... something called a multiplex PCR platform nowadays, which is a test that detects close to 15 viruses and bacteria on a throat swab. Now that we've started ...