Infectious Disease Diagnosis Articles
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Enzyme for Diagnosis: Revolutionizing Medical Diagnostics
Enzymes are biological catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions in living organisms. In recent years, enzymes have been increasingly utilized in medical diagnostics, leading to significant advancements in disease detection and management. Enzyme-based diagnostic tools have revolutionized the healthcare industry, offering numerous benefits such as increased accuracy, sensitivity, and speed. ...
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Evaluation of the Talis One Covid-19 Test System for the Rapid Detection of Sars-Cov-2 and Emerging Variants
Introduction The discovery of a novel coronavirus in December 2019 in the Wuhan province of China and subsequent global spread has caused a pandemic of the scale not seen since the 1918 H1N1 pandemic. The novel coronavirus, classified as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is highly infectious and causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory and vascular ...
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A breath screen for active tuberculosis at the point-of-care
Tuberculosis (TB) is on the rise, and traditional technologies are not up to the task of containing this fast-spreading disease. But a fast, robust, and low-cost optical system is enabling point-of-care testing Driven by various social factors, a number of “old” diseases have recently reemerged to significantly threaten world health. Of particular concern is the increase in ...
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Sexually Transmitted Infections and Disease: The Silent Pandemic
Twenty-five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report on confronting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as the “hidden epidemic of tremendous health and economic consequence in the United States, and that the scope, impact, and consequences of STDs are under recognized by the public and in healthcare.”1 Today, the United States is in the midst of a major ...
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HealthySole launches UVC-powered shoe sanitizer for healthcare settings
HealtySOLE has launched a new PLUS model of its shoe sanitizer meant for use in hospitals and other settings where infection control is urgent. Researchers have proven a device using ultraviolet light technology can neutralize the coronavirus and other infectious diseases on the soles of shoes by more than 99.5 percent, according to a new study. “The device deactivated coronavirus ...
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Zika Virus: WHO announces a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The first meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurologic disorders in some areas affected by Zika virus was held by teleconference on 1 February 2016. According to the Pan American Health Organization the Zika illness is caused by the bite of an ...
By SafetyNow
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Simulation to assess the efficacy of US airport entry screening of passengers for pandemic influenza
We present our methodology and stochastic discrete-event simulation developed to model the screening of passengers for pandemic influenza at the US port-of-entry airports. Our model uniquely combines epidemiology modelling, evolving infected states and conditions of passengers over time, and operational considerations of screening in a single simulation. The simulation begins with international ...
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