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![Image: Electron micrograph of human papillomavirus (HPV) (Photo courtesy of the [US] National Institutes of Health).](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2014-08-13/GMS-205.jpg "Image: Electron micrograph of human papillomavirus (HPV) (Photo courtesy of the [US] National Institutes of Health).")
DNA-Based Test Predicts Likelihood of HPV-Linked Oral Cancer Recurrence
A recent paper described using a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to detect human papillomavirus DNA in saliva and blood for the diagnosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and to predict likelihood of recurrence of the disease after treatment. More...13 Aug 2014
Fully Automated Hepatitis E Virus Assay Now CE-marked
Clinical laboratories in Europe now have available a fully automated and highly sensitive nucleic acid technology test with CE-marking for the detection of Hepatitis E virus RNA in donors of blood, blood components, tissues, and organs. More...06 Aug 2014
Microarray Diagnostic Tool Helps Diagnose Valley Fever
Valley fever is a fungal respiratory infection and can be acquired when microscopic spores of the soil-dwelling fungus are inhaled and VF is difficult to diagnose partly because symptoms are confounded with other community-acquired pneumonias. More...05 Aug 2014
Rapid Diagnostic Tests Compared for Benign Tertian Malaria
The standard method for malaria diagnosis is by the routine microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood smears and rapid diagnostic tests that detect malaria parasite proteins by immunochromatography which have been used as complementary detection method for malaria diagnosis. More...04 Aug 2014
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