PEQUIM — China released a circular on further optimizing the COVID-19 response on Wednesday, announcing 10 prevention and control measures. The measures were introduced based on the latest epidemic situation and mutation of the virus to contain the epidemic in a more science-based and targeted manner, according to the circular issued by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism …
Você pode ter uma infecção por clamídia e/ou gonorreia no reto ou ânus se tiver feito sexo anal com alguém que tem uma ou ambas as infecções e um esfregaço retal pode testar a clamídia e a gonorreia. Aqui está o seu guia passo a passo sobre como coletar sua amostra. 1 Lave e seque as mãos antes de abrir o …
Authorities will accelerate the lifting of unnecessary restrictions put in place after the recent Omicron-fueled outbreaks to reduce the disease control strategies’ economic fallout and other resulting “inconveniences”, a senior health official said on Tuesday, amid a surge of public displeasure toward the distorted enforcement of containment policies. National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng said local governments are racing to …
COVID-19 and allergies share some similar symptoms, but there are indicators of COVID-19 that are distinct and highly unlikely to be caused by allergies. Fever and shortness of breath are serious symptoms of COVID-19 that are rarely related to allergies. One study reported that 98% of participants with COVID-19 had a fever, e 55% experienced shortness of breath. Aqui estão …
DSTs são causadas por bactérias, vírus, ou parasitas. DSTs comuns incluem clamídia, gonorréia, herpes genital, HIV, e HPV (papilomavírus humano) infecção. O teste de DST pode ajudá-lo a ser diagnosticado e tratado para evitar complicações graves. O teste de DST refere-se a vários métodos diferentes para detectar uma infecção, como exames de sangue, testes de corrimento vaginal, exame de fezes, e laparoscopia. Cada tipo …
Teste RT-PCR significa teste de reação em cadeia da polimerase com transcrição reversa em tempo real. O procedimento de teste RT-PCR é usado para detectar ácido nucleico de SARS-CoV-2 em amostras de swab nasofaríngeo ou orofaríngeo de pessoas que foram diagnosticadas com COVID-19. Isso é feito utilizando fluorescência para monitorar a reação de amplificação, uma técnica conhecida como PCR quantitativo (qPCR). Ele permite que os profissionais revisem imediatamente o …
China will cut COVID-19 quarantine period for incoming travelers from 10 para 8 dias, cancel the circuit breaker for inbound flights and no longer determine secondary close contacts of confirmed cases, health authorities said on Friday. Categories of COVID-risk areas will be adjusted to high and low, from the old tertiary standards of high, medium and low, according to a …
O cortisol é o esteróide circulante mais abundante e o principal glicocorticóide secretado pelo córtex adrenal.. Ajuda o corpo a usar o açúcar (glicose) e gordura para energia (metabolismo). Também ajuda o corpo a controlar o estresse. Teste de cortisol ajuda a diagnosticar a síndrome de Cushing, insuficiência adrenal primária e secundária, bem como outras disfunções das glândulas supra-renais e pituitárias. Os seguintes são …
PEQUIM — Some China-based researchers have recently developed three rapid testing methods for monkeypox virus (MPXV) that can provide the result in 20 para 30 minutes and are significantly faster than the traditional quantitative real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method. Quantitative real-time PCR is currently the gold standard for MPXV diagnostics, but it requires trained laboratory personnel and specialized equipment, …
Skin specimens of the lesions should be collected as soon as monkeypox is suspected. Proper specimen collection is the most important step in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Improperly collected specimens may lead to false negatives or inconclusive results. Below are a guidelines for monkeypox specimen collection. 1. Remover 1 specimen collection swab from its package. Do not touch …
A Chinese research institute said on Thursday that it has successfully isolated the monkeypox virus from samples of infected cases and has begun researching vaccines and drugs to fight the infectious disease. The Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, a research unit under the State-owned Sinopharm’s China National Biotech Group, made the announcement. The World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox …
On October 13, at the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, Liang Wannian, head of the expert group of the National Health Commission’s Leading Group for Epidemic Response and Disposal, said that the key to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic is “detecção precoce”, and nucleic acid testing is the key …