{"id":87981,"date":"2020-05-22T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T20:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?p=87981"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T20:53:25","slug":"how-do-virus-tests-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/how-do-virus-tests-actually-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Virus Tests Actually Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who\u2019s been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other shows if you\u2019ve already had it. So, how exactly do these tests work? Cella Wright explores the science of PCR tests and immunoassays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"geodir-embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How do you know if you have a virus? - Cella Wright\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jEs9PzHc9ho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who\u2019s been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other shows if you\u2019ve already had it. So, how exactly do these tests work? Cella Wright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,148,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-events-sports-etc","category-exercise-health-and-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}