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Microbiology

Image: The cobas s 201 multi-dye, nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) screening system for blood and plasma (Photo courtesy of the Jankalyan Blood Bank).

Blood Screening Assay Detects and Identifies Three Major Viruses

A qualitative in vitro test for the direct detection of major pathogenic viruses in human plasma is intended to be used in the screening donations of human whole blood and blood components in pools of 6 samples, and source plasma donations in pools of up to 96 samples.   More...
21 Jan 2015
Image: Photomicrograph of the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in a blood film (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mae Melvin).

Common Human Protein Linked to Adverse Parasitic Worm Infections

Parasitic helminths, which infect an estimated two billion people worldwide, represent a significant global public health problem and infection is associated with life-long morbidity including growth retardation and organ failure.  More...
21 Jan 2015
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Blood Culture Media Evaluated For Detection of Pathogenic Fungi

A growing number of fungemia cases have been observed in recent decades and Candida species have been placed as the fourth most common microorganism isolated from blood samples.   More...
20 Jan 2015
Image: Diagnostics-in-a-Suitcase contains all the equipment and reagents necessary to detect the Ebolavirus within 15 minutes (Photo courtesy of Karin Tilch/DPZ).

Suitcase Laboratory Set to Improve Ebolavirus Control

A portable laboratory for the diagnosis of Ebolavirus has been developed and the new method is six to ten times faster than the current one, equally sensitive and will be tested in Africa soon.  More...
19 Jan 2015
Image: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (stained purple) in a tissue specimen (blue) (Photo courtesy of the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Assay Measuring Eight Cytokine Markers Discriminates Active from Latent Form of Tuberculosis

A new real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay allows diagnosticians to distinguish between active pulmonary tuberculosis and the latent form of the disease, which are disease states that cannot be differentiated by either the tuberculin skin test or interferon-gamma release assays.  More...
18 Jan 2015
Image: : Fast-Track Diagnostics kits portfolio now includes the CE-marked “FTD Ebola” assay for multiplex real-time PCR based detection of the Zaire Ebolavirus (Photo courtesy of Fast-Track Diagnostics).

New Zaire Ebola Virus Molecular Detection Kit Launched

A new in vitro diagnostics CE-marked kit for real-time PCR based detection of the Zaire Ebolavirus, the strain responsible for the current outbreak in West Africa, has recently been released.  More...
14 Jan 2015
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Direct Test Includes Eight Circulating Influenza Viruses

Seasonal influenza epidemics occur primarily during the winter in temperate climates and year round in tropical climates and according to the experts, flu activity most commonly peaks in the United States between December and February.  More...
14 Jan 2015
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