The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5
4 years, 8 months ago

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5

CNN  

CNN — We’ve addressed early questions about testing for Covid-19, but plenty remain. Kevin de León, senior fellow at University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy: The promise of the immunology test to find out if we have the antibodies is huge. Here’s the problem: A reliable antigen test for the coronavirus isn’t yet available in the United States, but the hope is that we’ll soon have something that works kind of like an at-home pregnancy test, where a test strip would change color to tell if you might have the virus. Remember, if you’re testing for antibodies and you get a false positive, people may incorrectly assume they now have the antibodies and are protected and then go out into public and keep spreading. Gupta: If an antigen test is approved and mass-produced, it may serve as a valuable screening tool, but it’s probably not going to replace the PCR saliva or swab tests when it comes to diagnosing Covid-19.

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Positive test not needed for long COVID diagnosis, experts conclude
7 months ago

Positive test not needed for long COVID diagnosis, experts conclude

LA Times  

People do not need to have tested positive for the coronavirus to be considered for a diagnosis of long COVID, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine concludes. The report, produced by a committee of experts at the request of the U.S. Social Security Administration, aims to summarize what is known about long COVID, a …

If exposed to the coronavirus, take 3 home tests to boost accuracy, FDA now says
2 years, 4 months ago

If exposed to the coronavirus, take 3 home tests to boost accuracy, FDA now says

LA Times  

Boxes of rapid coronavirus tests are displayed for sale at a drugstore. People screening themselves at home should use three tests to more accurately detect the virus, according to new FDA recommendations. If you were exposed to the coronavirus, take three home tests instead of two to make sure you’re not infected, according to new U.S. recommendations released Thursday. But …

Self-tests without Covid symptoms often inaccurate: study
2 years, 5 months ago

Self-tests without Covid symptoms often inaccurate: study

NL Times  

During the period when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was dominant, the accuracy of three commercially available self-tests was low for people without coronavirus symptoms. A large group of Dutch researchers examined three commercially available and often-used coronavirus self-tests from Acon Labs, MP Biomedicals, and Siemens-Healthineers on more than 3,600 people without coronavirus symptoms. They then received one of …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 9 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

Covid-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: Study

India Today  

Covid-19 vaccines and prior coronavirus infections can provide broad immunity against other, similar coronaviruses, according to a study. The study found that plasma from humans who had been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 produced antibodies that were cross-reactive, or provided protection, against SARS-CoV-1 and the common cold coronavirus. Mice that had been immunised with Covid-19 vaccines and later were exposed to the …

RT-PCR Accounted for Over 70% of Total Covid Tests Conducted in Delhi in Last 3 Months
3 years, 4 months ago

RT-PCR Accounted for Over 70% of Total Covid Tests Conducted in Delhi in Last 3 Months

News 18  

RT-PCR tests accounted for over 70 per cent of the total tests conducted to detect coronavirus in Delhi in the last three months, according to government data. RT-PCR tests accounted for 71.42 per cent of the total 21.88 lakh tests conducted in June and 75.17 per cent of the 21.41 lakh tests conducted in May. In February, March and April; …

Coronavirus updates | July 31, 2021
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus updates | July 31, 2021

The Hindu  

With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on July 31, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union Health ministry said. Here are the latest updates: India Districts with over 10% COVID positivity need to consider strict curbs: Centre …

CDC encourages use of new tests that detect both COVID-19 and the flu
3 years, 5 months ago

CDC encourages use of new tests that detect both COVID-19 and the flu

Associated Press  

CLAIM: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revoked Emergency Use Authorization for coronavirus PCR tests because they were inaccurate, led to false positives and confused positive influenza cases with COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, in February 2020, the CDC introduced a COVID-19 PCR test, known as the “CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel.” Some newer coronavirus tests can …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave
3 years, 8 months ago

ICMR Issues New Guidelines For RT-PCR Testing Amid Second Coronavirus Wave

ABP News  

The second wave of Coronavirus is turning out to be deadly with India witnessing an unprecedented upsurge of COVID-19 cases and deaths every day. As per the ICMR Advisory, if a person has once tested Coronavirus positive during the Rapid Antigen Test or RT-PCR test, then there is no need for that individual to undergo RT-PCR test again. READ | …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Coronavirus | Vaccines aimed at curbing severe COVID-19: experts
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Vaccines aimed at curbing severe COVID-19: experts

The Hindu  

COVID-19 vaccines are not infection-preventing but disease-modifier vaccines, said Samiran Panda, member of the government’s National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19. However the lack of published papers about duration of protection of vaccines is not to be interpreted as that vaccine protection is short.” An effective vaccine lowers the chance of getting the disease if the person encounters …

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Govt Caps RT-PCR Test Cost At Rs 500
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Govt Caps RT-PCR Test Cost At Rs 500

ABP News  

Coronavirus India HIGHLIGHTS: Amid the ongoing second wave of Coronavirus across the country, India recorded as many as 53,480 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overal caseload to 1,21,49,335. As per reports, the country had recorded 56,211 cases on Tuesday, while on Monday, it logged 68,020 cases, the highest single-day spike in daily new cases since …

Coronavirus strains first detected in California are officially ‘variants of concern,’ CDC says
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus strains first detected in California are officially ‘variants of concern,’ CDC says

CNN  

CNN — Two coronavirus strains first detected in California are now officially “variants of concern,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No coronavirus variants currently rise to the US government’s highest threat level, “variant of high consequence.” Coronavirus strains shown to significantly reduce vaccine effectiveness would fall under that category. Concerns about antibody treatments Still, health …

Pandemic’s reach far outstripped official coronavirus case counts, study suggests
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic’s reach far outstripped official coronavirus case counts, study suggests

LA Times  

A woman takes a test to check for coronavirus antibodies. A new study that looks at the presence of coronavirus antibodies in nearly 62,000 life insurance applicants found that before the devastating holiday surge, the number of asymptomatic or undiagnosed coronavirus infections in the U.S. may have been twice as high as the official tally of cases overall. “The overall …

Coronavirus cases back over 5,000, positive test rate still falling
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus cases back over 5,000, positive test rate still falling

Dutch News  

More than 5,000 new coronavirus infections were reported by the public health agency RIVM on Wednesday, raising the seven-day average to its highest level in five weeks. Another 222 patients were admitted to hospital with Covid-19, while 40 people were transferred to intensive care, a level last seen in early January. The average number of positive tests in the last …

Coronavirus variants: CDC reports warn new strains could lead to rapid rise in coronaivus cases
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus variants: CDC reports warn new strains could lead to rapid rise in coronaivus cases

CNN  

CNN — New coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, and can “dangerously accelerate the trajectory of the pandemic,” US health officials warned Wednesday. “The continued spread of variants that are more transmissible could jeopardize the progress we have made in the last month if we let our guard down.” In a report released Wednesday, researchers …

Coronavirus | One in five Indians have been exposed to coronavirus, ICMR survey finds
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | One in five Indians have been exposed to coronavirus, ICMR survey finds

The Hindu  

Nearly one in five Indians had been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus until December 2020, the third round of the Indian Council of Medical Research’s serological survey has found. In the previous survey, only 5.2% of those sampled in rural areas showed antibodies, whereas that figure has now jumped to 19% in the latest survey. By comparison, in the second …

Coronavirus | Novavax vaccine, to be made by Serum Institute of India, shows 89% efficacy in U.K.
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | Novavax vaccine, to be made by Serum Institute of India, shows 89% efficacy in U.K.

The Hindu  

American company Novavax, whose COVID-19 vaccine is set to be made in large numbers by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, has reported that its vaccine has proved to have 89% efficacy in preventing the infection in some trial volunteers in the United Kingdom. ‘Good news’ Researchers associated with the trial said that the 60% efficacy was good news considering …

Data | U.K. variant of the novel coronavirus spreads at least 50% faster than old variants
4 years ago

Data | U.K. variant of the novel coronavirus spreads at least 50% faster than old variants

The Hindu  

Studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01, or the ‘U.K. A researcher from the University of Calgary in Canada applied this data to compare the case trajectory under the new variant with that of the old variants in Canada's Alberta province. Cases surge Due to the new variant’s high transmissibility, new cases in the U.K. surged. Between Dec. 30 and …

Coronavirus | 71 cases of new U.K. virus mutant strain detected
4 years ago

Coronavirus | 71 cases of new U.K. virus mutant strain detected

The Hindu  

The number of persons who have tested positive for the new U.K. variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 71, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the U.K. now stands at 71,” the Ministry said. The Indian government took cognisance …

Coronavirus updates | January 6, 2021
4 years ago

Coronavirus updates | January 6, 2021

The Hindu  

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,03,74,932 with 18,088 infections being reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,97,272 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.36 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent. …

Coronavirus: 20 more people test positive in India for UK virus strain, total rises to 58
4 years ago

Coronavirus: 20 more people test positive in India for UK virus strain, total rises to 58

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Twenty more people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58,” the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 58, the mutated …

India sees 20 more cases of UK Covid-19 strain, total 58
4 years ago

India sees 20 more cases of UK Covid-19 strain, total 58

India Today  

As many as 58 persons have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58,” Union Health Ministry was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. …

Gujarat: Four UK returnees test positive for new coronavirus strain
4 years ago

Gujarat: Four UK returnees test positive for new coronavirus strain

India TV News  

Four persons who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top state health department official said on Saturday. Results of the 15 samples that had tested positive for coronavirus on arrival in Ahmedabad from the UK are currently pending with the National Institute of Virology in Pune, the official …

New Covid-19 strain not detected in samples tested in India: ICMR-NARI director
4 years ago

New Covid-19 strain not detected in samples tested in India: ICMR-NARI director

Live Mint  

Pune: Mutant strain of coronavirus found in the United Kingdom was not seen in the samples tested from various parts of India, Dr Samiran Panda, director of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute said on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, Dr Panda said, "We have tested samples collected from the various parts of the country and haven't seen the mutant strain found in …

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves 'simple and fast' Covid-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests

India Today  

The Indian Council for Medical Research has approved a simple and fast method for Covid-19 testing, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said on Saturday. The method -- Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR -- developed by CSIR's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, is a variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the …

ICMR approves CCMB Hyderabad's new Covid-19 testing method
4 years, 1 month ago

ICMR approves CCMB Hyderabad's new Covid-19 testing method

India Today  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a dry swab, RNA extraction-free testing method for Covid-19 that has been developed by the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad. In the conventional testing method, nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab samples are transported to testing centres, sometimes even hundreds of km away. CCMB researchers found that VTM can be totally …

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers

Live Mint  

The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought. The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, were unknown before the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, …

Fewer positive coronavirus tests, quarantine difficulties highlighted
4 years, 1 month ago

Fewer positive coronavirus tests, quarantine difficulties highlighted

Dutch News  

A further 11,395 positive coronavirus tests were reported to public health institute RIVM this weekend, showing that the downward trend is still continuing. Meanwhile, the RIVM’s behavioural analysis unit says that people who lose income because they are forced to stay home in quarantine or while waiting for test results, should get financial compensation. This would be one way of …

T-cell test is EIGHT TIMES better at detecting whether someone was infected with coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

T-cell test is EIGHT TIMES better at detecting whether someone was infected with coronavirus

Daily Mail  

A new type of test may be more effective at determining whether someone already had coronavirus compared to widely-used antibody tests. New research from the manufacturer, Adaptive Biotechnologies, which is based in Seattle, found that the test was eight times better at detecting past COVID-19 infection than a commercially available antibody test. A new type of test looks for T-cells, …

A new T-cell test might be better at detecting past coronavirus infection, study finds
4 years, 1 month ago

A new T-cell test might be better at detecting past coronavirus infection, study finds

CNN  

CNN — The world has come to depend on antibody tests to check whether someone’s already had Covid-19, but a study in the town where the virus first spread in Italy shows that these tests are not completely reliable. It’s well known that antibodies wane, but T cells have immunological memory,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, an infectious disease specialist at …

Coronavirus | Serosurvey finds that 32.3% residents in Chennai have developed SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | Serosurvey finds that 32.3% residents in Chennai have developed SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

The Hindu  

The second serological survey in the city has found that one-third of the population has been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 infection and has developed antibodies. According to the Greater Chennai Corporation, of the 6,389 samples tested, 2,062 were positive for the presence of IgG antibodies, recording an overall positivity of 32.3%. These samples would be tested in the State Public …

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | ICMR approves low-cost testing method developed by IIT Kharagpur

The Hindu  

A new coronavirus diagnostic method, using a low-cost portable unit developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research after testing with patient samples showed an accuracy level slightly lower than the gold standard RT-PCR method at a fraction of the cost. In parallel testing with 200 samples containing …

Coronavirus | Feluda test to be commercially available by month-end: CSIR Director General
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus | Feluda test to be commercially available by month-end: CSIR Director General

The Hindu  

The Feluda test, a coronavirus detection test developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and to be commercialised by Tata Sons, will be commercially available in laboratories this month. Compared to the RT-PCR test, it’s reportedly cheaper — about ₹500 per test compared to ₹1,200-₹1,600 for RT-PCR, according to current estimates though that would be known only once …

Covid-19: Are we detecting coronavirus the right way? New researches pose questions
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: Are we detecting coronavirus the right way? New researches pose questions

India Today  

Is Covid-19 only a respiratory illness? What scientists have found is that a fairly large number of Covid-19 patients have complaints of gut dysbiosis - a medical term used to describe microbial imbalance - after reporting negative in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus test and long after showing initial respiratory symptoms for the pandemic illness. That Covid-19 could equally be a gastrointestinal …

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a ‘complete failure’

CNN  

CNN — Until President Trump’s coronavirus infection, the White House strategy for keeping him and others in the administration safe was one of testing only. Testing-only strategy a ‘complete failure’ Unlike mask-wearing, testing would not “send the wrong message” as Trump has said in the past, and one he reinforced when he pointedly took off his mask on the White …

Positive coronavirus tests near 20,000 in a week, as measures are stepped up
4 years, 3 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests near 20,000 in a week, as measures are stepped up

Dutch News  

A total of 19,326 positive coronavirus tests were registered with the RIVM in the week to Tuesday morning, according to the latest weekly update from the public health agency. In total, 206,600 people were tested for coronavirus last week, a rise of 14,000 on the previous seven-day period. The crucial R factor, or the number of people infected by each …

Coronavirus | Nearly 7 crore COVID-19 tests conducted in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | Nearly 7 crore COVID-19 tests conducted in India

The Hindu  

India has recorded a high of nearly 15 lakh COVID-19 tests in a single day, according to a release issued by the Health Ministry on Friday. “With 14,92,409 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests have touched nearly 7 crore,’’ said the Ministry. Twenty-three States/UTs have better tests per million than the national average,’’ the Ministry said. …

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus. “Viral tests are recommended to diagnose acute infection of both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, to guide contact tracing, treatment options, and isolation requirements.” The guidance notes that even if people do not have symptoms, …

What are the different types of coronavirus tests?
4 years, 3 months ago

What are the different types of coronavirus tests?

Associated Press  

What are the different types of coronavirus tests? There are three broad categories of coronavirus tests in the U.S. Two diagnose whether you have an active infection, and a third indicates if you previously had the virus. Here’s how they work: GENETIC TESTS Most tests look for bits of the virus’ genetic material, and require a nasal swab that is …

80% of patients detected at ‘early stage’, helps prevent deaths: Punjab govt
4 years, 4 months ago

80% of patients detected at ‘early stage’, helps prevent deaths: Punjab govt

Hindustan Times  

Early identification of Covid-19 infection through timely testing has played a pivotal role in Punjab’s strategy to fight the pandemic, the state government has claimed. Till September 3, Punjab has reported 58,515 cases of covid-19, of which 41,271 have recovered. “Over 80% of coronavirus patients in Punjab were detected during a median period of 2–6 days after the infection, when …

1 in 20 People Showed Evidence of Covid-19 Infection by End of July: Survey
4 years, 4 months ago

1 in 20 People Showed Evidence of Covid-19 Infection by End of July: Survey

News 18  

Puducherry: One in 20 people in Puducherry showed evidence of COVID-19 infection by the end of July while the positivity rate for antibodies was higher in the urban population than the rural population, a community-based survey conducted by the centrally-administered JIPMER has found. The premier medical institution here conducted the survey to study the prevalence of antibodies in serum in …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?
4 years, 4 months ago

Are these fast, cheap coronavirus tests the game-changer everyone is waiting for?

CNN  

CNN — Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result – there’s a new generation of rapid tests coming to town – some are already here – and they’re poised to transform the landscape. Compared to the most commonly used type of coronavirus test in the country – molecular diagnostic tests, also called …

Coronavirus | Experts widen list of COVID-19 symptoms
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus | Experts widen list of COVID-19 symptoms

The Hindu  

COVID-19 which was considered a viral pneumonia when it was first detected eight months ago, is now a multi-systemic disease with many extra-pulmonary manifestations, warn experts and top doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The medical experts added that involvement of other organs due to COVID-19 warrants that patients be closely followed up to check for any …

Dengue virus tests may sometimes return ‘positive’ for coronavirus, says study
4 years, 4 months ago

Dengue virus tests may sometimes return ‘positive’ for coronavirus, says study

The Hindu  

Can dengue be sometimes mistaken for COVID-19? Two independent research studies — one from a group in Israel and another from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata — show that tests specific to check for dengue sometimes led to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test and this, the scientists warn, could lead to misdiagnoses and …

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