It’s that time of year, folks! No, not leaf-peeping season, or pumpkin spice season or even apple picking season – I’m talking respiratory virus season! The symphony of sniffles and coughs is just around the corner! It’s the time of year that clinical laboratories are stocking up on supplies, developing testing algorithms and putting out communications to try to convince people that every kid with the sniffles does not, in fact, warrant a highly-multiplexed respiratory virus panel test.
The diagnostic landscape for respiratory viruses has evolved dramatically in the last five years, with widespread institution of molecular tests both in laboratories of all sizes, but also at the point of care – and even consumer direct testing. What’s next for respiratory virus testing?
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