ATLANTA -- Patients with severe influenza who had a negative rapid influenza antigen test (RIAT) had a significantly longer length of stay in the ICU compared with patients who tested positive, a ...

The clinical laboratory real-time PCR multiplex test was designed using Co-Dx Co-Primers™ and licensed by the CDSCO for use in diagnostic procedures CoSara's new real-time multiplex PCR test is built ...

Several people have tested positive for bird flu in the U.S., raising questions about the availability of tests in the event of a potential outbreak. As of July 11, the H5N1 virus has affected more ...

Fewer than one percent of people who get the flu every year get tested, in part because most tests require trained personnel and expensive equipment. Now researchers have developed a low-cost paper ...

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a ...

A population-based study, published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection and due to be presented next week at ESCMID Global ...