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Image: The COBAS TaqMan HBV test (Photo courtesy of Roche Diagnostics).

Assay Detects Hepatitis B in Multiple Specimens

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has led to more than 686,000 deaths worldwide per year. Approximately two billion individuals worldwide are infected with HBV and are at risk of developing cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, which ranks fifth in terms of malignant cancer mortality. More...
25 Apr 2018
Image: The Sofia Influenza A+B FIA Test Kit (Photo courtesy of Quidel).

Two-Stage Algorithm Evaluated for Respiratory Viral Infections

New on-demand multiplex molecular respiratory viral diagnostics offer superior performance although can be expensive and some platforms cannot process multiple specimens simultaneously. More...
19 Apr 2018
Image: The ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System is a fully integrated system for real-time detection of PCR (Photo courtesy of Applied BioSystems).

CSF Examined for Enteroviral Nervous System Infection

Infections caused by enteroviruses are among the most common infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Enterovirus infections account for 40-77% of all viral meningitis cases in adults. An infection of the meninges results in an uncharacteristic headache usually accompanied by fever and neck stiffness. More...
19 Apr 2018
Image: Results of a LAMP test showing positive samples that emit green fluorescence (Photo courtesy of Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics).

TB-LAMP Assay Evaluated in Reference Labs

Smear microscopy, the first line in tuberculosis (TB) detection, has a low and variable sensitivity of 30% to 70%. Conventional culture on solid media has a sensitivity of 80% to 90%, but requires two to eight weeks for a result. More...
19 Apr 2018
Image: Computer-generated illustration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, Ziehl-Neelsen stain. Acid-fast bacilli stain red and the background is blue (Photo courtesy of Microbiology Pictures).

Blood Test Predicts Onset of TB in Advance

Tuberculosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), is the world's leading cause of death brought on by a single pathogen. More than 10 million new cases of TB are diagnosed each year, and almost two million people die from the disease. More...
18 Apr 2018
Image: Using darkfield microscopy technique, this photomicrograph, magnified ×400, reveals the presence of spirochete, or \"corkscrew-shaped\" bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen that causes Lyme disease (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

New POC Test Quickly Detects Lyme Neuroborreliosis

The clinical pictures of borreliosis vary from local skin infection to infections of the central nervous system, joints or the heart. A typical red rash, the so-called erythema migrans lesion, developing and spreading around the tick bite should always be treated with antibiotics without laboratory tests. More...
17 Apr 2018
Image: A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a number of Lassa virus virions adjacent to some cell debris (Photo courtesy of C. S. Goldsmith/CDC).

Immunoassay Developed for Lassa Fever Virus

Lassa fever is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever and is endemic in several West African countries. However, only few hospitals and laboratories in the region have the capacity to conduct molecular or serological Lassa fever diagnostics. More...
12 Apr 2018
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