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Image: The Ebola virus in human blood (Photo courtesy of Medical Xpress).

Gene Panel Differentiates Survival Outcomes in Humans Infected with Ebola

A team of molecular virologists used transcriptome data from individuals infected with Ebola virus and from convalescent patients recovering from the disease to identify early stage host factors that were associated with the acute illness and those that differentiated patients who survived from those that died. More...
31 Jan 2017
Image: The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for ZIKA virus (Photo courtesy of EUROIMMUN).

Serological Test Differentiates Zika from Dengue Infections

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted flavivirus currently causing large epidemics in South and Central America as well as in the Caribbean, presenting a global public health emergency. More...
26 Jan 2017
Image: Three typical trophozoites of Plasmodium ovale in a thin blood smear; note the fimbriation and Schüffner\'s dots (Photo courtesy of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International).

LAMP-Kit Diagnoses Non-Falciparum Malaria

Malaria incidence has recently been declining globally, although in many African countries it is still one of the top health problems and the efforts to control and eradicate malaria will still need a strong diagnostic capacity, which allows any parasitaemic patient to be detected and treated sooner. More...
26 Jan 2017
Image: Distribution of health-care-associated infections in children, by age group (Photo courtesy of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control).

Pediatric HAIs Are the Most Common Type

The prevalence and type of health care-associated infections (HAIs) in children in Europe and risk factors for infection in this population has been described in a multinational study. More...
26 Jan 2017
Image: The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus blood test for TB (Photo courtesy of QIAGEN).

Next-Generation Blood Test for Latent TB Submitted to FDA

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, launched in 2016 in over 60 countries worldwide and used to test for tuberculosis (TB) infection in over 600,000 people to date, has now been submitted to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for pre-market approval (PMA). More...
24 Jan 2017
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Dysbiosis of Urinary Microbiota Positively Correlated with Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) accounts for 90% of diabetes, and T2DM is not due to insufficient use of insulin but due to insufficient insulin secretion and insufficient insulin action. Hospitalization rate for urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by diabetes is over twice as much as those caused by other factors. More...
19 Jan 2017
Image: The 2200 TapeStation instrument (Photo courtesy of Agilent Technologies).

Vaginal Microbes Denote Early Detection of Endometrial Cancer

Endometrial cancer triggers remain elusive, but given the typical inflammatory profile in these cases, microbes in the uterine environment are suspected to play a role in the development of this disease. More...
19 Jan 2017
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