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Image: The cobas 4800 Detection System (Photo courtesy of Roche Molecular Systems).

HPV Test Approved for Primary Screening of Cervical Cancer

A newly approved molecular test offers women an alternative option for cervical cancer screening and this most recent approval means the test can now be used as the first port of call for cervical cancer screening for women aged 25 years and over.   More...
05 May 2014

Immunoassay Detects Syphilis and Assists Treatment Monitoring

A new syphilis immunoassay assay enables detection of total antibodies to Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.  More...
29 Apr 2014
Image: Vibrio cholerae bacterial colonies cultivated on Thiosulfate-Citrate-Bile-Sucrose (TCBS) agar medium (Photo courtesy of the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Immunochromatographic Lateral Flow Device Developed for Cholera

Currently, the gold standard to detect Vibrio cholerae is still the bacterial culture method, which is laborious, time-consuming and lacks sensitivity; however several modern diagnostic methods have been developed.  More...
28 Apr 2014
Image: The Genome Analyzer IIx (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Genome Sequencing of MRSA Infection Predicts Disease Severity

Bacterial pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cause disease in part due to toxicity, or the bacterium's ability to damage a host's tissue.  More...
24 Apr 2014
Image: A photomicrograph of Mycobacterium leprae, the small brick-red rods, taken from a leprosy skin lesion (Photo courtesy of Centers of Disease Control and Prevention).

Molecular-Based Techniques Diagnose Leprosy

The classic tools to diagnose leprosy are based on bacillary counts and histopathology, but these have been facing hurdles, especially in distinguishing latent infection from active disease and diagnosing paucibacillary clinical forms.  More...
23 Apr 2014
Image: The Bond-III automated stainer (Photo courtesy of Leica Microsystems).

Genetic Trigger Found for RSV-Induced Infant Hospitalizations

A viral protein has been pinpointed that plays a major role in making respiratory syncytial virus the most common cause of hospitalization in children under one year of age.   More...
21 Apr 2014
Image: Scanning electron micrograph of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, long, slender bacteria that typically take on a coiled shape. Infection with this bacterium causes Lyme disease (Photo courtesy of Tina Carvalho).

Strain-Specific Immunity Discovered for Lyme Disease

Many patients treated for early Lyme disease incur another infection in subsequent years, suggesting that previous exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi may not elicit a protective immune response.  More...
17 Apr 2014
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