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Testing for COVID-19 Infection

Posted on November 22, 2021 by dulcetware

Accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection, by which we mean testing with few false positives as well as few false negatives, is important not only for clinical management of individual cases but for epidemiological case tracing, limiting spread of infection and … Continue reading →

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Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Enterovirus D68

Posted on May 14, 2015 by dulcetware

Background Enteroviruses, which may cause gastroenteritis or upper respiratory tract infections, are well-known to have neurotropism – a predilection in a proportion of individuals to spread to certain types of neurones, thereby resulting in characteristic neurological syndromes that occur after … Continue reading →

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