Doctors Map Body’s Covid-19 Immune Response
This is the first time the body’s general immune response to the new disease has been mapped.
Read MorePosted by | Mar 25, 2020 | Covid 19, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases |
This is the first time the body’s general immune response to the new disease has been mapped.
Read MorePosted by Steve Halasey | Mar 24, 2020 | Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases |
The agency’s EUA grants permission for Cepheid’s test to be used in high- and moderate-complexity CLIA-certified laboratories as well as in certain patient care settings.
Read MorePosted by Steve Halasey | Mar 24, 2020 | Covid 19, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases |
The test is highly specific to covid-19 and targets several regions of the viral genome to minimize the impact on performance should there be possible future mutations.
Read MorePosted by | Mar 24, 2020 | Covid 19, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases |
If authorized, the new tests would increase the potential capacity to screen for covid-19 by thousands of tests per day.
Read MorePosted by | Mar 24, 2020 | Allergy & Autoimmune, Covid 19, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases |
The virus was detectable for up to 3 hours in aerosols, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard, and up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.
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