The need for population-wide, rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnostic testing has significantly increased as a result of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the ...
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Signs of a Bacterial or Viral Infection
Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics, but antibiotics ...
The ongoing unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China has highlighted the necessity for readily available, accurate and rapid diagnostic testing ...
When a person presents with the symptoms of a viral infection, a diagnosis may not be so straightforward unless they are infected with a known pathogen. Most rapid diagnostic assays look for specific ...
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is conducting trials of a 15-minute blood test, MeMed BV, designed to rapidly diagnose ...
A new rapid blood test being trialled by the NHS can fast-track diagnosis of sepsis and meningitis in children.
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Some acute and chronic viral infections linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
In the weeks following a bout of influenza or COVID, the risk of heart attack or stroke may rise dramatically, and chronic ...
Acute infections, which are short-lived Chronic infections, which can last weeks, months, or a lifetime Latent infections, which may not cause symptoms at first but can reactivate over a period of ...
In the weeks following a bout of influenza or COVID, the risk of heart attack or stroke may rise dramatically, and chronic ...
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