BACKGROUND Essential workers are at increased risk of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We did a prospective study to estimate the yield …

Background: From the beginning of 2020, much and more has been spoken about the
coronavirus and coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). The concepts in terms of the infection …

The global healthcare system faced unprecedented challenges in response to the COVID-
19 pandemic, particularly in the domain of diagnostic testing. The rapid escalation in testing …

Résumé Contexte: Les élevages de visons sont sensibles aux éclosions de coronavirus du
syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère 2 (SRAS-CoV-2) et présentent un risque associé …

Schools have been a point of attention during the pandemic, and their closure one of the
mitigating measures taken. A better understanding of the dynamics of the transmission of …

Background Mink farms are susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks and carry an associated risk of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant …

COVID-19 pandemic ignited the development of countless molecular methods for the
diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 based either on nucleic acid, or protein analysis, with the first …

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic nasopharyngeal or nose/throat swabs (NTS) have
been the primary approach for collecting patient samples for the subsequent detection of …

Background We evaluated the use of rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) for the diagnosis
of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in school …

Importance The antigen-based rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT), using saliva specimens, is
fast, non-invasive and suitable for SARS-CoV-2 self-testing, unlike nasopharyngeal swab …