We talked about infected Corona virus from Wuhan, China:
Illustration
of aset kit to test Wuhan Corona virus
(credit
to LabPulse)
Wuhan
Corona virus also called as COVID-19
infected more than 100,000 people and caused at least 3,000 dead
recently.
The
problems are from spreading the diseases to testing
the infection to finding
the cure for diseases.
Availability
of testing “machines” are limited, found only
in certain facilities such as research centers, big hospitals or
federal agencies.
The
testing tool called as a PCR machine, cost from US$ 4,900 to US$
90,000. It is said that price for US$ 15,000 is good enough.
The
test is based on concept of Polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) to detect genetic material, RNA in the virus.
The results may be known after 1 to 3 days.
Corona
virus, Covid 19 (credit to Texas DSHS).
The
good news that a company, Co-Diagnostic Inc in Utah, USA
invented new technology which is
cheaper and easier to be applied to detect
the present of Corona virus infection.
The
company called its product as Logix
Smart COVID-19 test kit,” based on concepts of PCR, Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and a mathematical algorithm.
The
specimens for testing are taken from:
-
upper respiratory tract such as nasopharyngeal
fluids and nasal swab
-
lower respiratory tract such as sputum, tracheal aspirate and
bronchoalveolar lavage
-
Serum from who has been suspected
Cost
for Logix Smart COVID-19 test kit is US$700 per 100 test. It is mean
that 1 test for detecting COVID-19 is US$ 7 only. The result will be
known in 90 minutes.
In
conclusion
that Logix Smart COVID-19 test kit is very much cheaper and quicker
compared to existent tests.
Italy
and Germany have used this test kit successfully, hope, it
will
be distributed to all over the world soon.
# Yes, we need PCR machine with Logix Smart COVID-19 test kit:
- Other test kits could cost more than U$$100 and even thousands (based on several news resources) and take longer to know the results
# Yes, we need PCR machine with Logix Smart COVID-19 test kit:
- Other test kits could cost more than U$$100 and even thousands (based on several news resources) and take longer to know the results