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Image: Malaria parasites in a thick blood smear (Photo courtesy of US Centers of Disease Control and prevention).

Method Reduces Sloughing on Malarial Thick Blood Films

The gold standard for malaria diagnosis is the examination of thick and thin blood films—thick films containing 10 to 20 times more blood than thin films. More...
22 Jul 2013
Image: Filter Electron Microscopy of Campylobacter jejuni (Photo courtesy of Louise Salt).

Membrane Filters Compared for Isolation of Campylobacter

Several isolation methodologies have been developed for Campylobacter spp., and in order to have an effective isolation of C. jejuni and C. coli from feces, the culture media must be selective. More...
18 Jul 2013
Image: Nano and laser technology measures antibiotic resistance (Photo courtesy of Alain Herzog).

Nanomechanical Sensors Detect Antibiotic Resistance

The fluctuations of highly sensitive atomic force microscope cantilevers can be used to detect low concentrations of bacteria, and quantitatively screen their response to antibiotics within minutes. More...
18 Jul 2013
Image: Coxiella burnetii (Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Laboratories).

Interferon Gamma Assay Detects Chronic Q Fever

The diagnosis of Q fever, caused by the intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii, relies mainly on serology and skin tests—both with drawbacks. More...
17 Jul 2013
Image: The Verigene test cartridge houses all of the reagents necessary for Nanosphere's proprietary nanoparticle-detection chemistry (Photo courtesy of Nanosphere).

Automated Nucleic Acid Detection System Rapidly Resolves Gram-Positive Blood Cultures

A system is capable of detecting most leading causes of Gram-positive bacterial blood stream infections as well as genetic markers of methicillin and vancomycin resistance directly from positive blood cultures in significantly less time. More...
17 Jul 2013
Image: The dengue virus (DENV) Detect IgM Capture ELISA from InBios (Photo courtesy of Inbios).

First US FDA-Cleared Dengue Test Independently Evaluated for Detection Quality

Researchers have now reported results from a first evaluation of the FDA-cleared assay for diagnosis of dengue virus infection in patients with suggestive clinical symptoms. More...
16 Jul 2013
Image: DiaSorin has launched the unique, highly sensitive Iam Parvo assay, a rapid quantitative molecular assay for use on the Liaison Iam instrument (Photo courtesy of DiaSorin).

New Molecular Diagnostic Test Detects Parvovirus B19

A new molecular diagnostic test for the detection of Human parvovirus B19 on plasma and serum samples is available in markets outside of the United States and Canada. More...
15 Jul 2013
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