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Image: The BD LSR Fortessa Flow Cytometer (Photo courtesy of BD Biosciences).

Cell Marker Enables Pathogenic Infection Prognosis

When a pathogen invades the body, specific cells in the human immune system are ready to take immediate action in order to destroy it, but the molecular characteristics of these killer cells were unknown until recently.   More...
14 Oct 2015
Image: A new test can detect virtually any virus that infects people and animals, including the Ebolavirus depicted in this enhanced electron micrograph (Photo courtesy of the [US] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

New Target Sequence Capture Panel Eases Detection of Viruses in Patient Samples

A recently developed targeted sequence capture panel, ViroCap, which was designed to enrich nucleic acid from DNA and RNA viruses that infect vertebrate hosts, allowed the rapid detection of unknown viruses in patient samples.   More...
14 Oct 2015
Image: SD Q Line Ebola Zaire Ag – a rapid diagnostic test for Ebola Zaire virus infection, now available for procurement through WHO’s “Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL)” program (Photo courtesy of SD Biosensor).

New Emergency-Use Listed Kit Provides Rapid Diagnostic Test for Ebolavirus

A new chromatographic immunoassay for Zaire ebolavirus has now qualified as eligible for procurement through the World Health Organization (WHO)’s “Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL)” program. The EUAL program is part of the continued global response to help in early-treatment of patients and prevent spread of infection, particularly in the West Africa outbreak that has had a mortality rate of over 40%.  More...
14 Oct 2015
Image: Transmission electron micrograph depicts a number of round Dengue virus particles (expanded image) that were revealed in a tissue specimen (Photo courtesy of Frederick Murphy).

Dengue Diagnosis Tested in Urine and Saliva Specimens

Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne disease affecting humans, representing a huge public health burden in affected countries. Symptoms are often nonspecific, hence the need for an early, sensitive, and specific diagnosis of dengue for appropriate management.   More...
13 Oct 2015
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Commercial Kits Evaluated for Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

The tuberculosis interferon-gamma release assay detects the release of interferon-gamma in fresh heparinized whole blood samples from test subjects.   More...
11 Oct 2015
Image: Photomicrograph of a band-form trophozoite of P. malariae in a thin blood smear (Photo courtesy of the CDC – [US] Centers of Disease Control and Prevention).

Humans Affected by Same Malaria Parasite as Monkeys

The quartan malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae is the widest spread and best adapted human malaria parasite while the simian P. brasilianum causes quartan fever in New World monkeys and resembles P. malariae morphologically.  More...
07 Oct 2015
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Virome Capture Sequencing Enables Sensitive Viral Diagnosis

Insensitivity and technical complexity have impeded the implementation of high-throughput nucleic acid sequencing in differential diagnosis of viral infections in clinical laboratories.   More...
05 Oct 2015
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