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![Image: Zika virus particles (red) shown in African green monkey kidney cells (Photo courtesy of the [U.S.] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2019-09-16/GMS-151.jpg "Image: Zika virus particles (red) shown in African green monkey kidney cells (Photo courtesy of the [U.S.] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).")
Human Intestinal Enteroids Used to Detect Norovirus Infectivity
Human norovirus accounts for 18% of acute gastroenteritis cases worldwide. Molecular nucleic acid tests, such as real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR), are widely used for laboratory diagnosis of norovirus RNA in clinical samples. More...12 Sep 2019
Detergent-Enhanced LAMP Detects African Trypanosome in CSF
Human African trypanosomiasis is a fatal disease, if untreated, spread by bloodsucking tsetse flies. These protozoan parasites first enter the lymph and blood to invade many organ systems, the early stage sleeping sickness. More...12 Sep 2019
Fungus-Associated Bacteriome Associated with C. difficile Infection
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most common etiology of nosocomial infectious diarrhea, is caused by an intestinal dysbiosis that is virtually always attributable to antibiotics. This causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the USA. More...11 Sep 2019
Immunoassays Compared for Diagnosis of Acute Murine Typhus Infections
Murine typhus is a disease transmitted by fleas and is caused by intracellular gram-negative bacteria called Rickettsia typhi, and manifested clinically with acute fever, chills, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, cough and rash. More...10 Sep 2019
New Liquid Biopsy Assay Reveals Host-Pathogen Interactions
A sensitive new assay employs high-throughput DNA sequencing to identify a large range of viral and bacterial pathogens in clinical samples, distinguish them from host DNA, and determine the degree of host tissue injury due to interaction with the pathogens. More...09 Sep 2019
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