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Ebola Test with Portable Reader Authorized for Emergency Use

Ebola is a rare but deadly virus that causes fever, body aches, and diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. As the virus spreads through the body, it damages the immune system and organs. Ultimately, it causes levels of blood-clotting cells to drop. This leads to severe, uncontrollable bleeding and kills up to 90% of people infected. More...
26 Nov 2018
Image: The Karius test is a comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay performed by the CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited Karius laboratory to identify and quantify microbial cell-free DNA in plasma from more than 1,000 bacteria, DNA viruses, fungi, molds, and protozoa (Photo courtesy of Karius).

Cell-Free DNA Sequencing Test for Infectious Disease Analyzed

A number of clinical collaborators testing a cell-free DNA sequencing test for infectious disease reported interim study results and anecdotal evidence of the assay. More...
22 Nov 2018
Image: FebriDx provides clinicians with a 10-minute assessment of the body’s immune response to an acute respiratory infection (ARI) directly from a fingerstick blood sample (Photo courtesy of RPS Diagnostics).

POC Immune Response Test Cleared for Europe

A single-use, disposable test identifies patients who have a clinically significant underlying infection and aids in the differentiation of viral and bacterial acute respiratory infection (ARI) through the rapid detection of both Myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA) and C-reactive protein (CRP). More...
21 Nov 2018
Image: Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (HRP2) recombinant panel for malaria diagnostic tests (Photo courtesy of Microcoat Biotechnologie).

Highly Sensitive Immunoassay Detects Malarial Histidine-Rich Protein 2

Malaria is a vector-borne disease of major public health relevance worldwide. The detection of submicroscopic infections in low prevalence settings has become an increasingly important challenge for malaria elimination strategies. More...
15 Nov 2018
Image: The Bio-Plex Pro Human Inflammation Assays enable the detection and quantification of 37 key biomarkers of inflammation in a single assay (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad Laboratories).

Biomarkers May Predict Zika-Related Birth Defects

To date, approximately 800,000 cases of suspected and confirmed autochthonous Zika virus (ZIKV) infections have been reported in the Americas. Most people infected with the Zika virus experience no symptoms or mild illness with low-grade fever. More...
13 Nov 2018
Image: The automated blood culture system, the Bactec 9240 (Photo courtesy of Becton, Dickinson and Company).

Positive Blood Cultures Obtained Two Hours after Chills

Chills are feelings of coldness accompanied by shivering and they may arise with or without fever. The shaking chills are sometimes referred to as rigors. They are similar to shivering when there is an infection and fever, but much more intense. More...
13 Nov 2018
Image: The Loopamp Malaria Pan Detection Kit is a qualitative test for detection of Malaria Pan species (Plasmodium ovale, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. falciparum) in human blood samples (Photo courtesy of Human Diagnostics Worldwide).

Combined DNA Technologies Analyzed for Malaria Diagnosis

Malaria is one of the most important parasitic infectious diseases for which almost half of the world’s population is at risk. Although several diagnostic methods are now available to detect the infection, more sensitive and applicable tests are still required in the field. More...
08 Nov 2018
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