Early diagnosis of severe infections requires of a rapid and reliable diagnosis to initiate
appropriate treatment, while avoiding unnecessary antimicrobial use and reducing …

Nowadays, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry
(MALDI-TOF MS) is routinely implemented as the reference method for the swift and …

While MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) is widely considered as the reference method for
the rapid and inexpensive identification of microorganisms in routine laboratories, less …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has stretched national
testing capacities to breaking points in almost all countries of the world. The need to rapidly …

This article reviews the many and varied mass spectrometry based responses to the SARS-
CoV2 coronavirus amidst a continuing global healthcare crisis. Although RT-PCR is the …

The coronavirus pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) directly or indirectly affects every individual worldwide. The fight against …

One of the most widely used methods to detect an acute viral infection in clinical specimens
is diagnostic real-time polymerase chain reaction. However, because of the COVID-19 …

More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, the need still exists for
accurate, rapid, inexpensive and non-invasive diagnostic methods that yield high specificity …

SARS-CoV-2 has caused a large outbreak since its emergence in December 2019. COVID-
19 diagnosis became a priority so as to isolate and treat infected individuals in order to …

This protocol details a rapid and reliable method for the production and titration of high-titre
viral pseudotype particles with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (and D614G or other variants …