New flu test easy as breathing, with faster results
(WorldNews Sweden)

There`s a short window for detecting influenza virus, because as the infection takes hold - the concentration of the virus lessens. So if the patient isn`t tested soon after exposure, conventional methods run the risk of a giving a false negative result. A new method under development at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Department of Micro and Nanosystemshowever could provide sensitive detection of the virus, much faster than the nasal swabbing tests used today. All it takes is for patients to breathe into a bottle. The EU-funded...