Medscape October 8, 2021
A simple wristband containing biometric monitoring sensors is able to pick up early infection from both influenza and the common cold before symptoms develop. Moreover, it can predict the severity of the illness once it becomes symptomatic, new research shows.
“Prior to the development of symptoms, people are still infectious and can potentially infect others,” senior author Jessilyn Dunn, PhD, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, told Medscape Medical News in an email.
“That’s why it’s so important to be able to detect infection even when a person doesn’t feel symptomatic, as this would help prevent the spread of pathogens that occur before somebody knows they are sick — and which is why it is important from a public health perspective,”...
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