Category / Outbreaks

Dengue virus is transmitted by diurnal mosquitoes. Therewould have 50 million cases of dengue in the world every year. For several decades, the dengue is constantly increasing in the world. The RT-PCR test is one of the tests that would allow direct diagnosis from the early phase of the disease.

The IHR of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reprted to the WHO of the detection of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) illness. The patient is a 44-year-old male presenting fever, runny nose, cerebral torment, heaving, useful hack and curtness of breath. A nasopharyngeal suction was assembled and attempted positive for MERS-CoV...

The wild poliovirus epidemic and the spread of vaccine-derived poliovirus in October 2019 Global public health efforts are about to eradicate poliomyelitis by immunizing each child until the transmission of the virus is stopped. Poliomyelitis is caused by poliovirus, which is a positive strand non-enveloped virus that occurs in three distinct serotypes (poliovirus 1, poliovirus...

Campylobacter is a group of spiral bacteria that covers 20 species, the most frequently reported as being the cause of human diseases are Campylobacter jejuni. Other species (1-10%) have been isolated from individuals with campylobacteriosis. The bacterium is usually transmitted to humans through contaminated food (raw poultry meat and unpasteurized milk), but also feces. Qualitative...

The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues this week, with 20 new confirmed cases. compared with 29 in the week. previous. This decline in the number of cases should be interpreted with caution, as operational and safety issues in some health zones make case detection and response difficult....

Recommendations to face Listeria outbreak for laboratories and health specialsts in clinical biology, identification and serology of Listeria Virus

The diagnosis is based on the measurement of IgM anti-measles antibodies in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. The solid phase enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) is based on the μ-capture technique.

All over the world, laboratories noticed an increase in demand for Zika Virus Detection and diagnosis. Specially beacause of the recent increase in cases of microcephaly and other neurological disorders associated with Zika virus infection.