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Posts from the ‘diagnostics’ Category

02020-04-14Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency disease, an inherited disorder, could mean trouble for patients infected with SARS-COV-2; we just don’t know yet.

02020-04-13Another study shows many asymptomatic positive tests for SARS-COV-2, this time in women at delivery: 90% of patients had no symptomsNEJM

02020-04-13COVID infection counts are meaningless unless you know the context in which the counts were done: they underestimate actual cases by a factor of two to a hundred: 538 by Nate Silver

02020-04-13National Institutes of Health (NIH) is starting a study of blood antibodies to SARS-COV-2 and they are recruiting 10,000 people to do at-home collections and virtual clinic visits: NIH News Release

02020-04-12Data from Iceland suggest that roughly 89 to 94% of SARS-COV-2 infections (COVID-19) have gone undetected: BioRxiv. We are already behind the eight-ball on COVID-19 and the only way to catch up is with tests for everyone and a smartphone app.

02020-04-12Data from Iceland suggest that roughly 89 to 94% of infections have gone undetected: BioRxiv

02020-04-12Combination of Symptoms predicts COVID-19: anosmia (loss of smell), fever, persistent cough, fatigue, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and loss of appetite together with 86% specificity

02020-04-11Early tests at LAC-USC Medical Center show 5% positive for COVID-19 March 12-16; in Santa Clara on March 5, 4% had the virus. We need antibody tests.

02020-04-11Early tests at LAC-USC Medical Center show 5% positive for COVID-19 March 12-16; in Santa Clara on March 5, 4% had the virus. We need antibody tests.

02020-04-11LA Times: SARS-COV-2 may have been circulating in California long before anyone knew, possibly in late December