A new blood test can cheaply and quickly distinguish between the mosquito-b orne Zika and dengue viruses, researchers reported Wednesday, giving public health officials a valuable tool to track the ...

Biosensorix has formed a collaboration with BGN Technologies to develop point-of-care diagnostics. The alliance with the technology transfer firm gives Biosensorix access to an electrochemical lateral ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a new diagnostic test to detect the presence of dengue virus in people with symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. The test, ...

Researchers from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications alongside those at the Wadsworth Center and Fen Zhou of New York University have developed a new method for detecting and destroying ...

The mosquito-borne viruses, Zika and dengue fever, plague developing countries around the world. Dengue can cause hemorrhagic fever, and Zika can lead to devastating congenital neurological defects.

New dengue antigen test delivers high clinical sensitivity and specificity, as well as inclusivity for all four dengue virus serotypes, helps clinicians confidently distinguish dengue from other acute ...

The Department of Public Health and Social Services laboratory has been working long hours to test for dengue as part of the island's efforts to address the mosquito-borne disease. Public Health ...

The CDC announced a new diagnostic test to detect dengue virus in people with symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. The test, called the CDC DENV-1-4 Real Time RT PCR Assay, has been ...

A case of locally acquired dengue, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, was detected in Pasadena on Friday, according to the Pasadena Public Health Department. The instance is “extremely rare,” ...

With a new paper-based test, doctors may be able to diagnose Zika within 20 minutes. The test, born in an MIT lab, could offer a simple, cheap, and portable diagnostic option for health workers in ...