In this review, we describe the existing diagnostic tests, rapid diagnostic tests, and emerging
point-of-care diagnostic assays for diseases caused by dengue virus (DENV). We organize …

Background: Although∼ 20% of human cancers are caused by microorganisms, only
suspicion exists for a microbial cause of lung cancer. Potential infectious agents were …

A valid solution for micro-analytical systems is the selection of a compatible amplification
reaction with a simple, highly-integrated efficient design that allows the detection of multiple …

Ancient human remains of paleopathological interest typically contain highly degraded DNA
in which pathogenic taxa are often minority components, making sequence-based …

A barn owl (Tyto alba) died with neurological signs compatible with a viral infection. After
discarding other possible infections caused by circulating viruses in the area, analysis of the …

Ticks are one of the principal arthropod vectors of human and animal infectious diseases.
Whereas the prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks in Europe is well studied …

Pathogen detection and the identification of fecal contamination sources are challenging in
environmental waters. Factors including pathogen diversity and ubiquity of fecal indicator …

The gut microbiota is a vast and diverse microbial community that has co-evolved with its
host to perform a variety of essential functions involved in the utilization of nutrients and the …

Microarrays have proven to be useful in rapid detection of many viruses and bacteria.
Pathogen detection microarrays have been used to diagnose viral and bacterial infections in …

Background In our recent study, most non-small-lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor specimens
harbored viral DNA but it was absent in non-neoplastic lung. However, their targets and …