Remember that the RT-PCR test is just one part of how to diagnose and treat a patient with suspected COVID-19. It is important to look at the rest of the patient’s laboratory results and their images.

Every monsoon, fever cases rise sharply across India. Dengue, malaria and chikungunya are among the most common concerns, but ...

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has served as the cornerstone of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis since the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The technique’s capacity to amplify ...

Hyderabad: Amid 49 Covid-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh, govt hospitals in Hyderabad are seeing a rise in enquiries for ...

Syndromic reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests for respiratory infections were associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs, implicating potential for improved ...

We conducted a phase 2–3 double-blind trial to assess the efficacy and safety of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in asymptomatic, rapid antigen test–negative adults who had been exposed to a household contact ...

In a recent study published in Lancet Microbe, researchers compare the potential of real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) genotyping assays with whole-genome sequencing ...

The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the ...