Microbiology

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• Automated System Diagnoses Respiratory Infections

• Data-Driven System Predicts Drug Susceptibility to HIV-1

• Clostridium difficile Ribotypes Are Prevalent in European Hospitals

• Portable Biosensor Quickly Detects Dangerous Viruses

• Initiative Improves HIV Testing in African Children

• Blood Screening Assay Approved in China and Brazil

• Parasitic Worm Consumes Female Reproductive Organs

• Laboratory Test Pinpoints Binding Site for T-Cells

• Campylobacter Rely on Pseudomonas to Infect Humans

• Chagas Disease Unfamiliar to Many U.S. Physicians

• Immunochromatographic Test Detects Syphilis Specific Antibody

• Limited Serotypes of Pathogenic Bacteria Cause Pneumococcal Disease

• Immunoassay Detects Respiratory Syncytial Virus

• Molecular Device Identifies Bacterial Pathogens

• Microfluidic Chip Designed for Detecting Bacteria

• Screening Method Developed for River Blindness

• Probe Detects HIV Protease and Toxicity of Drugs

• Safety of Plasma Products Increased by Duplex Virus Assay

• Rapid Stain Visualizes Sexually Transmitted Parasite

• Automated Assay Quantitatively Detects Hepatitis B Virus DNA

• Two Tests and Timing Are Important in Q Fever Diagnosis

• Tools Developed for Early Meningitis Diagnosis

• New Test Identifies Positive Tuberculosis Cases Within the Hour