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Image: The Fuji dri-chem immuno AG cartridge FluAB kit (Photo courtesy of Fujifilm Corporation)

High Performance of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test Validated

 Influenza is a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Annually, about 5% to 10% of adults and 20% to 30% of children have symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI), and approximately 650,000 deaths secondary to influenza occur each epidemic season. More...
19 Dec 2019
Image: Norovirus, which is highly contagious and can survive for days on hard surfaces, infects as many as 700 million people globally every year. PCR.ai is a highly accurate time-saving tool that reduces complexity of qPCR analysis for this and other pathogens (Photo courtesy of Centre for Infection/Public Health England/SP).

Implement Diagnostics System Improves Infectious Disease Testing

 A team of scientists recently began using machine-learning tools and assessed them in a prospective clinical trial to determine whether artificial intelligence could perform better than specialists in clinical test interpretation. More...
17 Dec 2019
Image: The Aptima BV and Aptima CV/TV assays for the diagnosis of infectious vaginitis (Photo courtesy of Hologic).

Vaginitis Tests Offer Improvements Over Gold Standard Methods

 Gynecologist visits in the USA are motivated by an inflammation of the vagina called vaginitis. Infectious vaginitis due to bacterial vaginosis (BV), vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), and Trichomonas vaginalis accounts for a significant proportion of all gynecologic visits in the USA. More...
16 Dec 2019
Image: Scanning electron micrograph of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Rossow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Antibiotic Resistance Coordination & Strategy Unit)

A Rapid Method for Selecting the Proper Antibiotic to Treat Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

 A new diagnostic approach allows physicians to accurately identify bacterial pathogens and identify the most appropriate antibiotic within a period of hours rather than days. More...
12 Dec 2019
Image: Histological slide of the human herpes virus-6 showing infected cells, with inclusion bodies in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. A new method has been developed to separate between two different types of a common herpes virus, and HHV-6 has been linked to multiple sclerosis (Photo courtesy of National Cancer Institute)

Multiple Sclerosis Linked to Variant of Common Herpes Virus

 Multiple sclerosis, MS, is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. The cause of the disease is unclear, but one plausible explanation is a virus deceives the immune system to attack the body's own tissue. More...
12 Dec 2019
Image: The ARCHITECT Anti-HCV assay is a fully automated high throughput chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) for the detection of antibodies to structural and nonstructural proteins of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) (Photo courtesy of Abbot Diagnostics)

Diagnosis and Monitoring of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus

 The global prevalence of people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies (anti-HCV-positive) is estimated to be 115 million, and 80 million of them have an active infection (anti-HCV-positive and HCV-RNA-positive). More...
11 Dec 2019
Image: Blood test for Zika MAC-ELISA: Zika Virus IgM Persists 25 Months After Symptom Onset (Photo courtesy of Darren Ellis)

Zika Virus IgM Persists 25 Months After Symptom Onset

 Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, which bite during the day. Symptoms are generally mild and include fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise or headache. Symptoms typically last for 2–7 days. More...
05 Dec 2019
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