microbiology

'It’s a pretty clear pattern that we have two surges a year,’ says UCLA Health clinical microbiologist Dr. Shangxin Yang

It’s ‘far too early’ to use the test in a health care setting, says Omai Garner, director of clinical microbiology for UCLA Health

What’s the difference between antigen and PCR tests, and what’s the best way to use them?

How an unfamiliar virus led to a global epidemic Genetic mutations in the Zika virus, shown here (in green) infecting nerve ...