Scientists are advancing diagnostic tools for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a major cause of respiratory illness in vulnerable groups. New multiplex RT-PCR assays can detect multiple viruses with high ...

Arthropod-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria (caused by Plasmodium spp.), and Zika are endemic and re-emerging infections in tropical and subtropical regions. During heavy monsoon ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

Objective: To evaluate the detection performance of microfluidic chip-based multiplex PCR technology for rapid detection of ...

A unique multiplex PCR-based system provides results on the day of treatment, is cheaper than sequencing, and will help ...

Veterinary diagnostics are entering a new era with rapid, highly sensitive tools like multiplex PCR, isothermal amplification, CRISPR-based detection, and targeted sequencing. These innovations allow ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Certain serious fungal infections occur in regions of the United States with specific environments and are often tied to soil exposure. These infections can affect both healthy and ...