8.Pediatric experts say that parents should continue to follow CDC and county guidelines and protocol when a child tests positive, and resist the urge to retest their children after a positive test, since the results are likely only to create further confusion. 9.As of last month, the IOC'...
While retesting was uncommon, the UPMC analysis found that patients positive for COVID-19 stayed positive for an average of three weeks and repeating tests in patients who were initially negative very rarely led to a positive result. "In the U.S., COVID-19 testing capacity is limited—not ...
doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0891-7Kamalini RamdasAra DarziSanjay JainNature Medicine
Department of Child Health Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London UKRahul ChodhariDepartment of Child Health Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London UKSusie GabbieDepartment of Child Health Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London UKJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdEmergency Medicine Australasia...
Moreover,as Romer notes, current tests are far from perfect. He assumes a 20% false negative rate (tests results saying someone doesn't have COVID-19 when they do) and a 1% false positive rate (results saying someone has it when they don't). ...
FILE PHOTO: Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen after they announced a Phase 3 Trial of the investigational antiviral drug Remdesivir in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Oceanside, Cal...
COVID-19 Retesting in the Primary Care Settingdoi:10.1016/j.amjms.2020.05.001Ashley K SummerRoss S SummerSteven F SolgaLisa A SpacekThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences
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Re: Covid-19: Government U turn means positive lateral flow results will again require confirmatory PCR testingdoi:10.1136/bmj.n892The UK government has said a positive lateral flow test result will once again have to be confirmed through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing,1 after ...