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Development of a novel Colorimetric Assay for the rapid diagnosis of Coronavirus disease 2019 from nasopharyngeal samples
Emergence of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a huge threat to public health. Rapid and reliable test to diagnose infected...
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The diagnostic performance evaluation of Panbio and STANDARD Q coronavirus disease 2019 antigen tests against real-time polymerase chain reaction in southern Ethiopia
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a public health crisis . This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the...
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Multiplexed Adaptive RT-PCR Based on L-DNA Hybridization Monitoring for the Detection of Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya RNA
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the gold standard for the molecular diagnosis of many infectious diseases, including RNA...
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Diagnosis of genitourinary tuberculosis: detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan and MPT-64 biomarkers within urine extracellular vesicles by nano-based immuno-PCR assay
We detected a cocktail of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and MPT-64 biomarkers within urine extracellular vesicles (EVs) of...
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High SARS-CoV-2 incidence and asymptomatic fraction during Delta and Omicron BA.1 waves in The Gambia
Little is known about SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in African countries with high levels of infection-driven immunity and low vaccine coverage. We...
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Comparison of RT-qPCR and RT-ddPCR with Rift valley fever virus (RVFV) RNA
Rift valley fever (RVF) is an important zoonotic disease caused by the Rift valley fever virus (RVFV) which can affect ruminants and humans. In this...
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COVID-19 screening in low resource settings using artificial intelligence for chest radiographs and point-of-care blood tests
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems for detection of COVID-19 using chest X-Ray (CXR) imaging and point-of-care blood tests were applied to data...
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Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the Pluslife Mini Dock RHAM technology with Abbott ID Now and Cepheid GenXpert: A retrospective evaluation study
Rapid and sensitive detection of pathogens is critical in interrupting the transmission chain of infectious diseases. Currently, real-time (RT-)PCR...
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Initial development and testing of an exhaled microRNA detection strategy for lung cancer case–control discrimination
For detecting field carcinogenesis non-invasively, early technical development and case–control testing of exhaled breath condensate microRNAs was...
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Modified polysulfone membrane facilitates rapid separation of plasma from whole blood for an effective anti-SARS-CoV-2-IgM diagnosis
During the outbreak of coronavirus, RT-PCR was the premier gold standard method for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2)...
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Selection and validation of reference genes suitable for gene expression analysis by Reverse Transcription Quantitative real-time PCR in Acinetobacter baumannii
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium considered an emerging multi-drug-resistant pathogen. Furthermore, this bacterium can survive in...
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Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays using five primers reduces the false-positive rate in COVID-19 diagnosis
The reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) is a cheaper and faster testing alternative for detecting SARS-CoV-2....
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Transition from antigenemia to quantitative nucleic acid amplification testing in cytomegalovirus-seropositive kidney transplant recipients receiving preemptive therapy for cytomegalovirus infection
Due to the high costs, the strategy to reduce the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) after kidney transplant (KT) involves preemptive treatment in low...
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Prevalence of coronaviruses in European bison (Bison bonasus) in Poland
Coronaviruses have been confirmed to infect a variety of species, but only one case of associated winter dysentery of European bison has been...
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Snapshot study of canine distemper virus in Bangladesh with on-site PCR detection and nanopore sequencing
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that affects domestic and wild animals, causing severe illness with high mortality rates....
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Diagnostic performance of oral swab specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection with rapid point-of-care lateral flow antigen test
We evaluated the performance of oral swab specimen both health-care worker (HCW) collected and self-collected for severe acute respiratory syndrome...
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A hybrid register and questionnaire study of Covid-19 and post-acute sick leave in Denmark
Post-acute sick leave is an underexplored indicator of the societal burden of SARS-CoV-2. Here, we report findings about self-reported sick leave...
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Analysis of the transplacental transmission of SARS CoV-2 virus and antibody transfer according to the gestational age at maternal infection
To quantify transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus and antibody transfer in pregnant women and their newborns according to the gestational...
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Estimation of R0 for the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany from excess mortality
For SARS-CoV-2, R0 calculations in the range of 2–3 dominate the literature, but much higher estimates have also been published. Because capacity for...
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Whole genome characterization and diagnostics of prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) infecting apricot in India
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) is a pathogen that infects Prunus species worldwide, causing major economic losses. Using one and two-step...
