“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

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.

Researchers often call the polymerase chain reaction test – known as the PCR test – "the gold standard" for detecting the COVID-19 virus. The test is considered highly reliable and effective, and it ...

BEIJING, April 25 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that all inbound travellers will only need to show COVID-19 antigen tests result taken within 48 hours before boarding flights ...

Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...

A new diagnostic tool developed by researchers can test for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus with the same or better accuracy as high-precision PCR tests in a matter of hours. Over the past four years, many ...

While PCR testing is currently the gold standard of accuracy for virology testing, the method falls short in several ways. PCR tests are highly complex and require chemical reactions that must be ...

Polymerase Chain Reaction Market To Reach US$31.3Bn By 2033 Persistence Market Research. EINPresswire/ -- The global polymerase chain reaction (PCR) market, integral to molecular diagnostics and life ...

The "Navigating Regulatory Compliance Whilst Developing and Distributing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based IVD Tests Training Course (May 15, 2026)" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

Point-of-care testing for common sexually transmitted infections may reduce overuse of antibiotics and improve emergency ...