Are you coughing, sneezing, having a mild fever, and feeling a little tired?

These symptoms can be from allergies or a common cold. Still, there is a risk that they may be due to a respiratory infection because the respiratory tract is the most common route of microbial entry. Early diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases can be life-saving. Sometimes, respiratory infections (pneumonia, tuberculosis) can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated promptly.

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CNS infection – A devastating and deadly illness

Infections of the central nervous system (CNS, which consists of the brain and the spinal cord) are severe and devastating diseases caused by pathogens, e.g., bacteria, fungi, viruses, or parasites capable of invading the CNS through different routes.

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The validation of diagnostic assays is a long procedure of inter-related processes that assures all steps and reagents are optimised. The scope of this procedure is to detect the analyte with accuracy and precision and identify the thresholds for each parameter.

Three areas must be assessed: reproducibility (i.e., the test always shows the same result for the same sample), precision (i.e., the variability within results), and accuracy (i.e., the extent to which the results reflect the true situation). Once these are known, another three parameters need to be measured: scientific validity, analytical and clinical performance, guaranteeing data robustness and reliability.

The comparisons are done against a widely approved older technique, called golden standard.

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Is there a causative relation?

Endometriosis is the chronic inflammation of the endometrium, the cellular lining of the uterus. It is considered a chronic gynecological disease and it is more common than you think.

Globally, 5–10% of the women of reproductive age are affected by endometriosis.

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