Search Results for: Testing

October 13, 2024October 13, 2024

Exploring differences in perceived barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccine uptake and testing intention by vaccination status and testing hesitancy among rural Latino communities in Southwest Florida.

Publication date: Oct 12, 2024 Identifying factors impacting vaccination and testing for COVID-19 is crucial to reduce health disparities, especially for rural/agricultural, low access and high poverty Latino communities disproportionately ... Read more

October 12, 2024October 12, 2024

Optimization of testing protocols to screen for COVID-19: a multi-objective model.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Oct 11, 2024 In this paper we develop a new multi-objective simulated annealing (MOSA) algorithm to generate optimal testing protocols for infectious diseases, using the COVID-19 pandemic as ... Read more

October 12, 2024October 12, 2024

Correlation of patient symptoms with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant viral loads in nasopharyngeal and saliva samples and their influence on the performance of rapid antigen testing.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Oct 09, 2024 Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in nasopharyngeal (NP) and saliva samples, factors affecting viral loads, and the performance of rapid antigen testing (RAT) have not been ... Read more

October 12, 2024October 12, 2024

Exploring the causes of variability in quality of oropharyngeal swab sampling for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing and proposed improvement measures: a multicenter, double-blind study.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Oct 09, 2024 Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not been considered a public health emergency of international concern since last year, intermittent regional impacts still persist, and ... Read more

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

Testing the Feasibility, User Experiences, and Preliminary Effect of Conversation Cards for Adolescents For Behavior Change and Collaborative Goal Setting in Primary Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Oct 07, 2024 Our team developed Conversation Cards for Adolescents(c) (CCAs), a tool to help adolescents and health care providers (HCPs) communicate and collaboratively set behavior change goals. ... Read more

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

Psychosocial impact on individuals who received negative test results from predictive testing for Huntington’s disease: An exploratory qualitative study.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Oct 04, 2024 Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease with autosomal dominant inheritance, and no radical cure for HD has been established. Qualitative studies are necessary to ... Read more

October 6, 2024October 6, 2024

Acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Testing Among Patients Receiving Dialysis: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Sep 03, 2024 Integrating routine SARS-CoV-2 testing in dialysis facilities may benefit patients receiving dialysis by mitigating risks of serious illness and reducing transmission. Patient acceptance of nonmandatory ... Read more

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

Modelling multiplex testing for outbreak control.

Coronavirus Literature

Publication date: Oct 01, 2024 During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and lateral flow device (LFD) tests were frequently deployed to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2. Many of ... Read more

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

Modelling multiplex testing for outbreak control.

Coronavirus Literature

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

Modelling multiplex testing for outbreak control.

Coronavirus Literature