A series of gray zone specimens with sample to cutoff ratio of 0.7 to 0.99 encountered in routine use of the Syva Microtrak (Syva, Inc.) Chlamydia trachomatis enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test for ...

THE production of S and V antigens of influenza virus has been widely studied 1–6. We have investigated the accumulation of influenza virus in susceptible tissue cultures by both the direct and ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of respiratory disease in young children. We evaluated a centrifugation culture technique's ability to provide rapid culture diagnosis. Between ...

Immunofluorescence is a highly powerful microscope-based technique that is used both in pre-clinical research and clinical settings to detect the presence of specific target molecules. Any type of ...

Part of the immune system in the brain is made up of so-called microglia cells. Korean and Singaporean researchers have now developed a fluorescent probe that specifically labels this type of ...