In vitro diagnostics are crucial tools for disease surveillance. Serological immunoassays, for example, can indicate whether someone has had a viral infection — particularly important during this ...

COVID-19 and its latest Omicron strains continue to cause infections across the country as well as globally. Serology (blood) and molecular tests are the two most commonly used methods for rapid COVID ...

Background. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-specific serological tests are now widely available, but indications for their use have not been well defined. The California Sexually Transmitted Diseases ...

New COVID-19 tests that can tell not only whether you have had coronavirus before, but estimate how many antibodies to the virus are present in the body, have been given authorization by the US FDA.

Editor’s Note: After publication of this story, Virginia began to provide separate viral and antibody test data. Meanwhile, three other states and the CDC seem to be mixing their COVID-19 test types.

The HSV testing market sees growth opportunities in advanced molecular assays, increased adoption in decentralized settings, ...

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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first serology (antibody) point-of-care (POC) test for COVID-19. The Assure COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test ...

If you are looking for a single magical number to tell whether you can be more lax on Covid-19 precautions, sorry, but the level of antibodies in your blood is not going to provide it. Antibodies aren ...

Dr. Matthew Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious disease, explains why the increasing testing for antibodies against the virus the causes Covid-19 is important, but not a silver bullet ...

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