All hands on deck! As virology labs worldwide brace themselves for a flu season like no other, with clinicians seeing patients with symptoms that can indicate COVID-19 or flu or both, reliable sample collection and rapid diagnostics will be key to the triage of presenting patients.

As the global death toll from COVID-19 hits one million, don't let the viruses win this war, prepare for the upcoming winter virus and COVID-19 season with the latest tools on the market as described in this rapidmicrobiology special focus.

Start with saving some money with a discount from Thermo Fisher Scientific (for USA customers only, terms and conditions apply) - buy four lateral-flow test kits for Influenza A & B and get one more at no extra cost! These easy to use kits deliver a flu result in 15 minutes with minimal hands-on.

Reliable, USA made Puritan swabs - keep things simple, use one swab to detect either Flu or COVID-19 or both! Puritan offers a selection of swabs to suit your test, be it rapid or traditional. You'll need a transport medium for that swab, and EKF Diagnostics' FDA & CE-IVD marked PrimeStore^® Molecular Transport Medium deactivates, stabilizes and preserves viral DNA and RNA, ensuring workplace safety for laboratory staff. 

Validating a COVID-19 or flu assay? Use Microbiologics SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza IVD controls to challenge each step in your molecular assay procedure from sample collection right through to PCR signal detection. 

Have confidence in your COVID-19 diagnostic result with EUROIMMUN's EUROReal Time SARS-CoV-2 kit, which boasts a limit of detection of 1 copy/µl and 100% specificity. 

Looking to bring a diagnostic kit to market to differentiate between influenza, COVID-19 and RSV? PCR Biosystems' high-concentration RT-qPCR kit is designed for high-throughput detection for both singleplex and multiplex formats. 

If you're involved in research, you must get familiar with Sino Biological's collection of recombinant proteins which include viral antigens from over 300 strains of Influenza.

Get the Picture! Interpret rapid immunoassay tests results and analyze immune response with the FDA listed and CE-marked IUL SA's iPeak^® Reader, ideal for large-scale COVID-19 immunity monitoring.

Flu Testing During COVID-19

Triage influenza and COVID-19 fast with Thermo Scientific^™ Xpect^™ Flu A&B, a lateral flow assay delivering a clear, easy to read result in 15 minutes from human nasal wash, nasal swab and throat swab specimens. SPECIAL OFFER BUY 4 Kits GET ONE EXTRA! (for U.S. Customers only) 
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Influenza Virus Research Tools

Sino Biological launched the world's largest recombinant viral antigen collection, ProVir™. It features 600+HA, NA, and ME antigens from over 300 strains of influenza viruses, including vaccine strains and the pandemic strains.
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Is it Flu or is it COVID-19? Test With a Swab From Puritan to Be Sure

When testing for COVID-19 or flu, whether with a flock, foam or spun polyester tip swab, Puritan delivers reliability. Today, tomorrow and beyond - Puritan produces fine quality specimen collection devices. US made and reliable.
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SARS-CoV-2 IVD Inactivated Whole Virus & Full Process Controls

Microbiologics’ SARS-CoV-2 IVD Whole Virus and Full Process Controls validate every step of a molecular assay. Uniquely formatted to mimic patient samples in ready-to-use pellets or swabs, they join the broadest portfolio of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza controls.  
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Specific Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with Automated Sample Preparation

The EURORealTime SARS-CoV-2 from EUROIMMUN provides highly specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 via PCR and can be evaluated fully automatically. The preceding RNA isolation step is automatable using instruments and kits from PerkinElmer.
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PCR Biosystems Aids Winter Virus Test Development With New Products

For those developing diagnostic kits for viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, RSV or influenza, PCR Biosystems has launched RiboShield RNase Inhibitor and qPCRBIO Probe 1-Step Virus Detect – a 4x RT-qPCR kit for highly multiplexed RNA detection assays.
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New Reader Quantifies the Level of Viral Load in COVID-19 Infected Patients

A breakthrough in lateral flow readers, iPeak® delivers quantitative and qualitative results, interprets IgG, IgM, and Ag tests, is highly sensitive, and offers cyber-secure connectivity, ensuring patient confidentiality.
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Novel Molecular Transport Media for Dual COVID-19 and Influenza Sampling

PrimeStore^® MTM (Molecular Transport Medium) is an FDA class 2 & CE-IVD marked sample collection and transportation device for COVID-19, flu A, flu B, HIV and TB which deactivates any viruses present, enabling safe sample handling and subsequent molecular testing. 
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Other COVID-19/Flu news:

 

Pasteur Institute Start Clinical Trial on Point-of-Care COVID-19 Test​

 

Spanish Firm Announce Ready-to-Use Flu & COVID-19 qPCR Kits​

 

New Rapid Winter Flu, COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Viruses Test Is CE-Marked​

 

Is It Bacterial or Viral? - Triage Assay Tested on COVID-19 Symptomatic Patients​

 

Limit of Detection Data Released for FDA-EUA COVID-19 qPCR Kits

 

Asymptomatic People Need to be Tested for COVID-19 says CDC​

 

Quantitative Test Measures Antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein​

 

FDA Clears New Influenza A/B & RSV Test

 

Platform Puts COVID-19 Vaccine Developers In-Line

 

Flu, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 Winter Test Panel Now Available in Europe​

 

Viral Transport Medium Manufacturer Now Does Monthly Output Each Day