Tulane Researchers Design Nanotechnology Blood Test to Find Hidden COVID-19 Infections
August 06, 2021
August 06, 2021
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 6 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release:
Nasal swab PCR tests are the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19. But sometimes these tests miss cases when patients are swabbed later in the course of their infection as viral levels decline in the upper respiratory tract yet remain in the lungs, gut or other parts of the body.
Tulane University researchers have developed a new type of blood test to find these hidden infec . . .
Nasal swab PCR tests are the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19. But sometimes these tests miss cases when patients are swabbed later in the course of their infection as viral levels decline in the upper respiratory tract yet remain in the lungs, gut or other parts of the body.
Tulane University researchers have developed a new type of blood test to find these hidden infec . . .