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Image: The ACL TOP 750 analyzer is for advanced automation and quality management in hemostasis testing (Photo courtesy of Instrumentation Laboratory).

Elevated Clotting Factor V Found with Severe COVID-19

Coagulopathy causes morbidity and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection. Most doctors now know that COVID-19 can cause blood clots, potentially leading to paralysis, stroke, heart attack and death. More...
08 Oct 2020
Image: The Applied Biosystems ViiA 7 Real-Time PCR System combines all of the qPCR features in a single high performance instrument (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Blood-Based Test Accurately Identifies Viral Infection Before Symptoms Develop

Acute viral infections are one of the most common reasons for visits to primary care physicians in high-income countries. The usefulness of traditional pathogen-focused diagnostic methods for viral infection (e.g., culture, serology, antigen detection, and PCR) is limited by the fact they can be slow, costly, and restricted in terms of breadth of pathogens detected. More...
07 Oct 2020
Image: Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the USA, emerging from the surface of cells (pink) cultured in the laboratory (Photo courtesy of NIAID-RML).

RBC Distribution Width Associated with COVID-19 Mortality Risk

COVID-19 has a high rate of hospitalization, critical care requirement, and mortality. Identifying patients at highest risk for severe disease is important to facilitate early, aggressive intervention and to manage local hospital resources to mitigate the critical care crises that have impacted some hospital systems. More...
06 Oct 2020
Image: DPP Ebola Antigen System is a 15 minute rapid test for detection of Ebola Virus Specific Antigen (Photo courtesy of Chembio Diagnostic Systems).

Performance Compared for Three Ebola Rapid Diagnostic Tests

Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes fever, body aches, and diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. As the virus spreads through the body, it damages the immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. More...
01 Oct 2020
Image: A low level of potassium (K+), known as  hypokalemia, in the blood serum in COVID-19 patients is associated with disease severity and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation (Photo courtesy of Remedy Health Media).

Hypokalemia Is Associated With COVID-19 Severity

Early studies reported various electrolyte abnormalities at admission in patients who later presented the severe form of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Electrolyte imbalance may not only affect patient care, but could provide insights into the COVID-19 pathophysiology. More...
01 Oct 2020
Image: A field-applicable, ultrasensitive diagnostic assay specifically detects DNA and RNA sequences from all Plasmodium species in symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria, and delivers its results fast in simple reporter devices (Photo courtesy of Peter Nguyen, Harvard University)

Rapid One-Step Assay for Field-Based Detection of Asymptomatic Malaria

A novel CRISPR-based ultrasensitive assay system was able to detect the four major types of malaria-causing parasites and has been streamlined for use in locations lacking the advanced laboratory equipment and highly trained technicians required for tests such as RT-qPCR, which is used extensively for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. More...
29 Sep 2020

Mannose-Binding Lectin Associated with Coagulopathy in Severe COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, as well as profound effects on society. COVID-19 patients have an increased risk of thromboembolic (TE) complications, which develop despite pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. More...
24 Sep 2020
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