European Medical Journal

Flu Symptoms Return as Winter Viruses Rebound

After COVID-19 NPIs lifted, respiratory infections reverted toward pre pandemic seasonality, with winter peaks for RSV and ...
Medscape

Systematic Viral Testing in Emergency Departments Has Limited Benefit for General Population

Routine use of rapid respiratory virus testing in the emergency department (ED) appears to show limited benefit among patients with signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI), according ...
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.
Infectious Disease Advisor

Point-of-Care STI Testing Reduces ED Length of Stay and Unnecessary Antibiotic Use

Point-of-care PCR testing for STIs in the ED reduced length of stay and improved antibiotic stewardship compared with central laboratory testing.
News Medical

Testing acute fever with the Hi‐PCR® multiplex real-time PCR kit

Arthropod-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria (caused by Plasmodium spp.), and Zika are endemic and re-emerging infections in tropical and subtropical regions. During heavy monsoon ...
News Medical

Simpler virus testing approach could reduce unnecessary PCR tests 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.
360Dx

Nuclein HCV Test Proof of Concept Highlights Advantages of Firm's Rapid Molecular Testing System

A recent blood-based hepatitis C virus assay on Nuclein's DASH system highlighted its on-device sample prep, among other features that have been driving its adoption.