The use of serological and virological tests has become essential in the management of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in order to diagnose infection, guide treatment decisions and assess the virological response to antiviral therapy. Virological tools include serological assays for anti-HCV antibody detection and serological determination of the HCV genotype, and molecular assays that detect...

cases of sparganum mansoni , caused by the plerocercoid larva of the tapeworm s. mansoni , occur through­out the world, particularly in asian, middle eastern, and european countries. however, cases of infection with this parasite are rarely seen in japan. here, we present a case of a 61-year-old woman with a solitary subcutaneous nodule in left inner aspect of the thigh, from which a long, slen...

BACKGROUND Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-specific serological tests are now widely available, but indications for their use have not been well defined. The California Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Controllers Association convened a committee of clinicians and researchers to make recommendations for the use of type-specific HSV type 2 (HSV-2) serological tests. METHODS By means of a sy...

Serological assays were used to estimate the proportion of Acalymma vittata (F.) that harbored Erwinia tracheiphila (E. F. Smith) Holland, the causal agent of bacterial wilt in cucurbits. Theseproportionswere related to theproportionofA. vittata that transmitteddisease in singlebeetle caged bioassays. The serological assays classiÞed beetles as harboring the bacteria when the titer was above '1...

OBJECTIVE To review the state of knowledge about diagnostic testing for Zika virus infection and identify areas of research needed to address the current gaps in knowledge. METHODS We made a non-systematic review of the published literature about Zika virus and supplemented this with information from commercial diagnostic test kits and personal communications with researchers in European prep...