Fever will not affect the results of the nucleic acid test.
Currently, nucleic acid tests are generally used to detect the new coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, etc. These tests will not be biased by the patient’s fever. For example, the new coronavirus throat swab nucleic acid test detects the presence of viral gene sequences in the respiratory secretions of the patient, and its results are not affected by fever.
The appearance of colds, caused by rhinovirus, adenosyncytial virus and influenza virus, etc., the presence of these viruses will not affect the virus to be detected by the nucleic acid test, so there is no need to worry about fever, which will affect the results of the nucleic acid test.
In addition, fever is also one of the clinical symptoms of Neocoronavirus. When fever occurs, patients should actively undergo nucleic acid testing to rule out the possibility of Neocoronavirus infection.
If a patient with fever has a positive nucleic acid test result, he/she should go to the hospital and be isolated for treatment.