Takayuki Hoshina

Jun 29, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Takayuki Hoshina

Introduction Clinicians may be over diagnosing Group A beta hemolytic streptococci (GABHS)/Streptococcus pyogenes illness due to current testing methods. According to the name-branded OSOM Strep A Test and QuickVue Strep A Test, these forms of tests are intended for qualitative detection of the GABHS antigen from throat swabs.

Jun 23, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Alexander Kay |Lovro Lamot |Takayuki Hoshina |Matthew Taylor

Introduction Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalization and mortality rates from SARS-CoV-2 infection have been markedly lower in children relative to adults. These differences in disease severity outcomes are multifactorial, but largely reflect age-related differences in immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 (1–5).