Microbiology
Automated Microscopy Compared for Routine Malaria Diagnosis
Microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films remains a major form of diagnosis in malaria case management. However, as with other visualization-based diagnoses, accuracy depends on individual technician performance, making standardization difficult and reliability poor. More...10 Oct 2018
TB Sequencing Could Replace Drug Susceptibility Testing
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most deadly infectious disease worldwide, causing 1.6 million deaths in 2017. Drug resistance is a particularly challenging and growing problem: as in 2017, it was estimated that 558,000 new cases of TB were resistant to rifampicin, the most effective first-line drug, and globally, just over half of patients with multi-drug resistant TB are successfully treated. More...08 Oct 2018
Nanopore Sequencing Enables Outbreak Field Surveillance
Outbreaks of fever of unknown origin start with nonspecific symptoms and case definition is only slowly developed and adapted, therefore, identifying the causative agent is crucial to ensure suitable treatment and control measures. More...03 Oct 2018
Standalone HPV Testing Recommended for Cervical Cancer Screening
The number of deaths from cervical cancer in the USA has decreased substantially since the implementation of widespread cervical cancer screening and has declined from 2.8 to 2.3 deaths per 100,000 women from 2000 to 2015. More...02 Oct 2018
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