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Image: The Navios Flow Cytometer offers a solution for advanced cytometry applications with workflows for high throughput laboratories (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter).

Early Diagnosis of Tularemia Accomplished by Flow Cytometry

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere and is caused by Francisella tularensis. In Europe, more than 500 cases are reported annually and Turkey and the USA also have substantial disease burdens. More...
02 Oct 2019
Image: Representative test strips of the two-color LFA. Distinct colors were observed at the test lines, corresponding to a type of antigen, such as a blue test lines for pLDH detection only (Photo courtesy of Cornell University).

Multiplexed Immunoassay System Differentiates Malaria Species

Over 40% of world’s population live in malaria-endemic areas, and malaria is found in more than 100 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Western Pacific, and parts of Europe. More...
02 Oct 2019
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Image: Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells (Photo courtesy of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Drug-Resistant Strains of Salmonella Causing Bloodstream Infections

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium (known as S. typhimurium) and other non-typhoidal Salmonella are common causes of gastrointestinal infections in people living in industrialized countries. More...
02 Oct 2019
Image: Diaskintest is an innovative skin test for the mass screening of tuberculosis (Photo courtesy of Stragen Pharma).

Commercial TB Test Compared to Recombinant Allergen Skin Test

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the primary cause of death due to any single infectious agent. In 2017, approximately 10 million people developed TB, and 1.3 million died from the disease. More...
27 Sep 2019
Image: This digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) picture depicts four, yellow colored, Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria, which were atop the surface of a human white blood cell (WBC), known as a neutrophil (Photo courtesy of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

New Strain of Bacteria Causes Scarlet Fever

Scarlet fever is a classic exanthem of childhood caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus). Symptoms, which affect young children, include a high temperature, sore throat, and a pink-red rash that feels like sandpaper. More...
26 Sep 2019
Image: A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a human neutrophil ingesting MRSA (Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Mutation Found Determines Nature of Host Response to MRSA Infection

A recent paper described the genetic factors that determine why some individuals develop chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections while others develop infections that resolve relatively quickly. More...
22 Sep 2019
Image: The infective promastigote form of the Leishmania parasite is transmitted by sandflies (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Unusual Sugar Facilitates Long-Term Survival of Leishmania Parasites

A team of British and Australian parasitologists has determined that the Leishmania parasite is able to survive for long periods of time in human immune cells due to its ability to synthesize the non-canonical carbohydrate reserve, mannogen, which is composed of beta-1,2-mannan oligosaccharides. More...
22 Sep 2019
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