I am confused about testing for COVID-19. Can you help?
Testing and Contact Tracing
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: Yes! To help, we have two excellent posts written by our colleague, Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE). Post 1: PCR vs. Rapid antigen test: PCR (rapid or not) outperforms the antigen test. Still, there is promise in the new tests being developed and YLE goes through the numbers here. Post 2: The CDC’s new testing Read more…
What’s the benefit of testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus?
Infection and Spread
Lauren Hale, PhD MA
A. In earlier posts, we discussed a testing strategy called group testing. The primary benefit of group testing is that it requires fewer testing resources (currently, the US is conducting upwards of 600,000 tests per day, often with lags in results, delaying timely responses to a positive test). An alternative group testing approach involves analyzing Read more…
Aquí hay algunas infografías excelentes para poner en el refrigerador:
Posts en Español
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Y para mas información, unas entrevistas sobre la transmisión aerosol con Profesor Jose-Luis Jimenez: Entrevista 3 min El Pais Medscape Entrevista 40 min Enlace a la publicación original de Facebook
A: Yes! To help, we have two excellent posts written by our colleague, Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE). Post 1: PCR vs. Rapid antigen test: PCR (rapid or not) outperforms the antigen test. Still, there is promise in the new tests being developed and YLE goes through the numbers here. Post 2: The CDC’s new testing Read more…
What’s the benefit of testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus?
Infection and SpreadLauren Hale, PhD MA
A. In earlier posts, we discussed a testing strategy called group testing. The primary benefit of group testing is that it requires fewer testing resources (currently, the US is conducting upwards of 600,000 tests per day, often with lags in results, delaying timely responses to a positive test). An alternative group testing approach involves analyzing Read more…
Aquí hay algunas infografías excelentes para poner en el refrigerador:
Posts en Español
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Y para mas información, unas entrevistas sobre la transmisión aerosol con Profesor Jose-Luis Jimenez: Entrevista 3 min El Pais Medscape Entrevista 40 min Enlace a la publicación original de Facebook
A. In earlier posts, we discussed a testing strategy called group testing. The primary benefit of group testing is that it requires fewer testing resources (currently, the US is conducting upwards of 600,000 tests per day, often with lags in results, delaying timely responses to a positive test). An alternative group testing approach involves analyzing Read more…
Aquí hay algunas infografías excelentes para poner en el refrigerador:
Posts en EspañolJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
Y para mas información, unas entrevistas sobre la transmisión aerosol con Profesor Jose-Luis Jimenez: Entrevista 3 min El Pais Medscape Entrevista 40 min Enlace a la publicación original de Facebook
Y para mas información, unas entrevistas sobre la transmisión aerosol con Profesor Jose-Luis Jimenez: Entrevista 3 min El Pais Medscape Entrevista 40 min Enlace a la publicación original de Facebook
