In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, a team of researchers evaluated the performance of monkeypox virus (MPXV)-infected patients' self-collected versus physician-collected clinical samples ...

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers evaluated the accuracy of patient-collected samples in diagnosing monkeypox virus infections. The 2022 monkeypox ...

Ultimately, chlamydia is one of the most common STIs, but it is also one of the easiest to diagnose and cure. "You can decrease your risk," says Shen, "by using condoms consistently, having a sexual ...

THE widespread use by the armed forces in recent years of the rectal-swab technic for obtaining material for stool culture, described by Hardy, Watt and DeCapito, 1 has emphasized the value of this ...

More than a million Beijing residents undergoing coronavirus testing amid a fresh outbreak have been administered anal swabs, which are considered more accurate and raise the chances of detecting ...

A research titled ‘Rectal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis’ published in April 2020 on the BMJ journal, suggests that while a mouth or nose swab test can produce negative results, a rectal swab on the ...

A clinic in Cherry Creek recently stopped allowing male patients to swab themselves for sexually transmitted infections, raising concerns that gay and bisexual men could forgo testing, even as rates ...