5 - Translating Coronavirus Diagnostics to Everyday
Channel: Julie Wilkinson
Date: 2020-04-29

Simply Said Science for everybody. Informative discussion in every day language about what Diagnostic tools are and how they are used to diagnose diseases.  Specific discussion about the two types of coronavirus pandemic diagnostics being used under FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA):
  - Molecular tests:  to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in swab samples from airways, and 
  - Serological tests: to detect the presence of antibodies in the blood made by the patient's immune response to SARS-CoV-2.