The research team from Chulalongkorn University’s chemistry department collecting sweat samples from market vendors on Sept 8, 2021. - AFP
BANGKOK (AFP): For Bangkok market sellers, the armpit sweat soaking their T-shirts during the humid monsoon season may contain subtle signs of coronavirus infection, local scientists have said.
Thai researchers are developing a sweat-based mobile virus detector, and road-tested it on shopkeepers at a Bangkok food market this week.
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