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Image: A micrograph of a Giemsa-stained thin blood film showing a heavy infection of ring-forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Malaria Severity Not Determined Solely by Parasitemia

The relative contributions of such factors as the concentration level of malaria-causing parasites in a person's blood to disease severity and to development of protective immunity are not adequately understood.   More...
26 May 2014
Image: Packard FluoroCount microtiter-plate reader adapted to read lateral flow strips (Photo courtesy of PerkinElmer).

Lateral Flow Assay Detects Leprosy Immune Response

Field-applicable tests detecting asymptomatic Mycobacterium leprae infection or predicting progression to leprosy are urgently required to determine both cellular and humoral immunity.  More...
22 May 2014
Image: An IX71 inverted microscope with epi-fluorescence used for time-resolved orthogonal scanning automated microscopy (Photo courtesy of Macquarie University).

Luminescent Nanocrystal Tags Enable Multiple Pathogen Detection

The use of tunable luminescent nanocrystals as tags to advance medical imaging has been successfully applied to high-speed scanning technology and can detect multiple viruses within minutes.  More...
21 May 2014
Image: FilmArray Direct from Positive Blood Culture Identification system (BCID) (Photo courtesy of BioFire Diagnostics).

Rapid Methods Compared for Positive Blood Cultures

The need for rapid antibiotic treatment of sepsis is well recognized, and the time to implementation of appropriate antibiotic therapy is critical in improving the outcome of sepsis.   More...
20 May 2014
Image: Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealing some of the ultrastructural morphology of an Ebolavirus virion (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Goldsmith and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA; CDC ref# PHIL 1832)).

Immediate Shared Diagnostics Approach Recommended for Ebola Outbreak

A NIH scientist has emphasized the need for an immediate, "real-time" global data sharing and regional diagnostic approach to improve the world's response to the recent Ebolavirus outbreak underway among the peoples of West Africa.  More...
20 May 2014
Image: The MBY Galaxy, accessory for Bruker's MALDI Biotyper, reduces manual workload and introduces quality control steps (Photo courtesy of Bruker).

New Functionalities Introduced for Microbial High-Throughput MALDI-TOF MS Platform

Beta-lactamase antibiotic resistance testing, productivity software, and efficiency accessories are now available for the microbial MALDI Biotyper.   More...
19 May 2014
Image: PAXgene Blood RNA Kits (Photo courtesy of Qiagen).

Host RNA Expression Diagnoses Childhood Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is notoriously difficult to diagnose in children and when it is diagnosed, the disease is often in its late stages and has already spread to the brain and other organs, increasing the risk of death.   More...
15 May 2014
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