Researchers have evaluated 3D printed sample collection swabs made in-house and found them to be a reliable alternative to commercial swabs. The detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), ...

Recently, anal swab testing came under the spotlight again after Japan's chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Monday that Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID ...

A Chinese research team led by one of the country's top respiratory specialists Zhong Nanshan developed a new intelligent throat swab sampling robot system that has proved effective in clinical trials ...

Upper respiratory tract samples are the most commonly used samples for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis. The samples collected from the nasopharynx are preferred for viral nucleic acids ...

Phone Screen Testing (PoST) can detect Covid-19 on mobile phone screens and makes mass testing much easier. It also can be used to avoid future pandemic outbreaks, be it naturally occurring or ...

Researchers have found that non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to detect COVID-19. Researchers at the University of Surrey have found that non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to ...

The gold standard for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently based on detection using quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction ...