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Image: The Rotor-Gene 6000 for quantifying DNA (Photo courtesy of Corbett Life Science)

Multiplex Quantitative Assays Detect Polyparasitism

Accurate quantitative assessment of infection with soil transmitted helminths and protozoa are essential to the interpretation of epidemiologic studies of these parasites, as well as for monitoring large scale treatment efficacy and effectiveness studies.  More...
09 Feb 2016
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Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests Evaluated for Novel Norovirus

A worldwide spread is conceivable as a novel Norovirus emerged in Asia in the winter of 2014/15 and Norovirus diagnostic assays need to be evaluated to investigate if they adequately detect this emerging genotype.  More...
08 Feb 2016
Image: Magnified 20,000x, this colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a grouping of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Fluorescence Microscopy Technique Rapidly Determines Antibiotic Susceptibility

A recently developed diagnostic method that does not rely on culture growth or knowledge of the genes that convey resistance is based on quantitative fluorescence microscopy and enables the rapid determination of the antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.  More...
07 Feb 2016
Image: The SD BIOLINE Onchocerciasis IgG4 rapid test preproduction prototype (Photo courtesy of  PATH/Dunia Faulx).

Positive Control Developed for Serological Tests for Onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis, or “river blindness,” is a disease caused by the filarial parasiteOnchocerca volvulus that affects an estimated 37 million in Africa and a few thousand people in the Americas and Yemen.   More...
03 Feb 2016
Image: The circulating cathodic antigen immunochromatographic test of two patient’s urine for Schistosoma mansoni (Photo courtesy of Saarland University).

Immunochromatographic Test Evaluated to Diagnose Schistosomiasis

The Kato-Katz stool smear is the standard test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection but suffers from low sensitivity when infections intensities are moderate to low and therefore, misdiagnosed individuals remain untreated and contribute to the disease transmission.  More...
02 Feb 2016
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Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Ebola Field Tested

Rapid diagnostic methods are essential in control of Ebola outbreaks and lead to timely isolation of cases and improved epidemiologic surveillance, but diagnosis during Ebola outbreaks in West Africa has relied on PCRs performed in laboratories outside the region.   More...
02 Feb 2016
Image:  The ABI PRISM 7900HT Sequence Detection System (Photo courtesy of the University of Geneva).

Increased Baseline C-Reactive Protein Linked to Heightened Infection Risk

C-reactive protein is an innate immune system recognition and effector molecule that plays a role in both the innate response and as an adaptor to the complex immune system.    More...
01 Feb 2016
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