Daily Archives: 09/05/2020
*Detection of Viral RNA by RT-PCR*
Thus far, the most commonly used and reliable test for diagnosis of COVID-19 has been the RT-PCR test performed using nasopharyngeal swabs or other upper respiratory tract specimens, including throat swab or, more recently, saliva. A variety of RNA gene targets are used by different manufacturers, with most tests targeting 1 or more of the […]
The invisible pandemic
Correspondence  Many countries (and members of their press media) have marvelled at Sweden’s relaxed strategy in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: schools and most workplaces have remained open, and police o cers were not checking one’s errands in the street. Severe critics have described it as Sweden sacrificing its (elderly) […]
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