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Image: A female Aedes aegypti mosquito, a vector of the Zika virus, obtaining a blood meal from a human host (Photo courtesy of James Gathany / CDC).

Urine Trumps Blood For Zika Testing

Limited data suggest Zika virus is excreted in multiple body fluids, including urine and saliva and that urine and saliva might be more appropriate specimens than blood samples for evaluating Zika virus disease. More...
08 Jun 2016
Image: A photomicrograph of placental tissue revealing the presence of the malarial parasites. The blue arrows point to examples of red blood cells containing pigment and the black arrow points to an example of a pigment-containing histiocyte (Photo courtesy of Drucilla J Roberts, MD).

Placental Malaria Diagnosed In Poorly Processed Placental Tissue

Placental histopathology has been considered the gold standard for diagnosis of malaria during pregnancy; however, in under-resourced areas placental tissue is often improperly fixed and processed; the resulting formalin pigment is difficult to distinguish from malaria pigment. More...
08 Jun 2016
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Image: The BX51 optical microscope (Photo courtesy of Olympus).

Egg Size Differentiates Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis

Tapeworms of the order Diphyllobothriidea are parasites of tetrapods and several species may infect man and cause neglected human disease called diphyllobothriosis, which occurs in areas where lakes and rivers coexist with human consumption of raw or undercooked freshwater fish. More...
07 Jun 2016
Image: The metagenomics pathogen detection tool could change how infectious diseases are diagnosed (Photo courtesy of the University of Utah).

Internet-Based Tool Simplifies Infectious Disease Diagnosis

An Internet-based tool for diagnosis of infectious diseases through the rapid interpretation of DNA sequencing data is now available to the medical community. More...
07 Jun 2016
Image: The Urine Malaria Test, an immunochromatographic lateral flow assay (Photo courtesy of Fyodor Biotechnologies).

Urine Dipstick Method Developed for Malaria Diagnosis

Malaria is the world’s most important tropical parasitic disease and a leading cause of death worldwide and the disease is caused by the parasite, Plasmodium species and transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. More...
06 Jun 2016
Image: The Wound~Seq test does not rely on bacterial culture, but rather uses state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technology to identify all bacteria present in the wound (Photo courtesy of Granger Diagnostics).

Lab Offers New Generation Sequencing Test for Wound Microorganisms

DNA sequencing technology underlies a new diagnostic service that claims to identify all bacteria, fungi, and parasites as well as select viruses in a wound or infected area. More...
06 Jun 2016
Image: The Determine TB LAM Ag test, urine point-of-care tests screens for HIV-associated TB, providing results in minutes (Photo courtesy of Alere).

Lateral Flow Urine Assay Detects TB In HIV+ Adults

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive people and conventional sputum tests for TB take time and are not always accurate in people with HIV. More...
02 Jun 2016
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