Microbiology

Coronavirus News Flash: Industry Races to Offer Diagnostic Remedies
In light of the worsening global Coronavirus health crisis, the In-Vitro Diagnostics sector around the world is racing to develop a definitive test for the COVID-19 virus. Several such assays are currently in the pipeline, and some are to be marketable within weeks. More...15 Feb 2020
![Image: This illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019 (Photo courtesy of [U.S.] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Image: This illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019 (Photo courtesy of [U.S.] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2020-02-13/GMS-021B.jpg)

Rapid Antigenic Diagnostic Test Validated for Ebola Virus Disease
Hemorrhagic fever outbreaks are difficult to diagnose and control in part because of a lack of low-cost and easily accessible diagnostic structures in countries where etiologic agents are present. Initial clinical symptoms are common and shared with other endemic diseases such as malaria or typhoid fever. More...13 Feb 2020

Novel Reliable Assay for Tuberculosis and LTBI Tested
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex organisms, is still one of the most prevalent human infections worldwide estimated in 2018 with 1.2 million deaths among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative people and an additional 251,000 deaths from TB among HIV-positive people. More...12 Feb 2020

Two Chikungunya Virus IgM Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays Evaluated
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by Aedes (Stegomyia) spp. mosquitoes. Transmission was initially restricted to small outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia, but since early 2000s the virus has caused large outbreaks in India and Southeast Asia. More...11 Feb 2020

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Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Chagas Disease Field Evaluated
Fast and Inexpensive Device Captures and Identifies Viruses
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