The current recommended method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, which is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT).
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Viruses mutate – this is the reality we face with any virus, and we need to be alert to the possibility that these mutations may change the way the virus behaves in the population, and the way the population is able to respond to the virus..
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The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and Covid-19 disease have challenged humanity in many ways. It has also changed the health profession. One example is how laboratory professionals, clinicians, scientists and technical staff moved from their usual role of providing ancillary information to primary clinicians and public health experts to centre stage.
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On this website you can find information and guidance from WHO regarding the current outbreak of novel coronavirus
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service,
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On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China country office reported a cluster
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Living with allergies can be debilitating. To help support those of us who may be unaware that we are living with allergies, Ampath Laboratories is launching an innovative web app - MyAllergyAlerter.
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Viruses mutate – this is the reality we face with any virus, and we need to be alert to the possibility that these mutations may change the way the virus behaves in the population, and the way the population is able to respond to the virus. Mutations raise concerns about changes in the virulence, or transmissibility of the virus.
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The current recommended method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, which is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT). While this method is more sensitive than other test modalities for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, even RT-PCR tests may produce false negative results in infected individuals
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