Microbiology





High-Throughput LAMP Assay Targets Benign Tertian Malaria
Diagnostic tools for Plasmodium vivax infection, also known as benign tertian malaria, in non-reference laboratory settings are limited to microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) but these are unreliable at low parasitemia. More...28 Feb 2016

Automated Image Analysis Software Reliably Identifies Positive MRSA
In a unique-in-its-class digital microbiology study of almost 60,000 samples, new WASPLab software developed for automated colony-scoring of chromegenic media plates provided superior detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. More...24 Feb 2016

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Spread of Zika Outbreak Likely to Cross Ocean
Combined Tests Improve Tuberculous Meningitis Diagnosis
First Diagnostic Antibody Tests Now Available for Zika Virus
Listeria Hypervirulence Uncovered by Harnessing Its Biodiversity
TB Tests Assessed to Diagnose Pregnant HIV Positive Women
Fungal Infection Identified by Pathogen Detection Array Technology
Multiplex Quantitative Assays Detect Polyparasitism
Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests Evaluated for Novel Norovirus
Fluorescence Microscopy Technique Rapidly Determines Antibiotic Susceptibility
Positive Control Developed for Serological Tests for Onchocerciasis
Immunochromatographic Test Evaluated to Diagnose Schistosomiasis
Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Ebola Field Tested
Increased Baseline C-Reactive Protein Linked to Heightened Infection Risk
Blood Test Could Identify Which Patients Need Antibiotics
New Rapid Diagnostic Test to Tackle Fatal Sleeping Sickness
Aerobic Bacteria Rapidly Identified by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Paper-Based DNA Amplification Test to Simplify Infectious Disease Diagnostics
Simplified Methodology Assists Molecular Analysis of Cholera
Protein Patterning: Novel Tool for Studying Sepsis
Hepatitis C Positive Antibody Test Leads to Molecular Assay
Novel Immunoassay Developed to Diagnose Dengue
Zika Virus Tied to Potential Brain Damage in Newborns
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