Serodiagnosis of amoebic abscess: a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study of kits marketed in Europe [PDF]
Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyAmoebiasis is a cosmopolitan parasitic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. The most lethal form is extra-intestinal amoebiasis, mainly manifesting as liver abscesses. Diagnosis is based on clinical, radiological, and biological tests. However, there
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Immunogenicity Characterization of the Recombinant gI Protein Fragment from Pseudorabies Virus and an Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Use in Pigs [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Serological testing is an important method for the diagnosis of pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection. We aimed to investigate the envelope glycoprotein I (gI) of PRV, a strong immunogen, and its potential as an efficient and low-cost diagnostic reagent. In
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Performance evaluation of GenXplore q4800: a novel open-platform automated nucleic acid testing system [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumThe emergence of diverse infectious diseases has led to the development of numerous molecular diagnostic kits for pathogen detection. These nucleic acid testing kits are typically categorized as manual or automated, with most automated kits requiring ...
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Diagnostic performance evaluation of urine HIV-1 antibody rapid test kits in a real-life routine care setting in China [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives To evaluate the diagnostic performance of urine HIV antibody rapid test kits in screening diverse populations and to analyse subjects’ willingness regarding reagent types, purchase channels, acceptable prices, and self-testing.Designs ...
Huanhuan Chen +14 more
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Producing molecular biology reagents without purification. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 We recently developed 'cellular' reagents-lyophilized bacteria overexpressing proteins of interest-that can replace commercial pure enzymes in typical diagnostic and molecular biology reactions.
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Resource-efficient internally controlled in-house real-time PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2021 Background The reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 has become one of the most important contributions to COVID-19 crisis management. With the publication of the first sequences of SARS-CoV-2, several diagnostic PCR assays have been developed and published ...
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Screening of specific diagnostic peptides of swine hepatitis E virus [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2009 Background Swine hepatitis E virus (swHEV) is a zoonotic disease that is considered a major problem in pig production and presents a threat to human health.
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GroEL Chaperonin-Based Assay for Early Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2022 A point-of-care diagnostic for early and rapid diagnosis of scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi is required for prompt and proper treatment of patients presenting with undifferentiated febrile illnesses.
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AUTOANTIBODIES TO GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE AS A PATHOGENETIC MARKER OF TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS [PDF]
Медицинская иммунология, 2014 . A new method of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (in solid-phase ELISA format) has been developed to determine concentrations of autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase, as well as an evidencebased methodology is proposed for its medical ...
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Enhancing Diagnostic Resilience: Evaluation of Extraction Platforms and IndiMag Pathogen Kits for Rapid Animal Disease Detection [PDF]
Microbiology ResearchThe United States is facing outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in birds and dairy cattle, along with threats of African swine fever, classical swine fever, and foot-and-mouth disease.
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