Microbiology meets molecular diagnostics evolving in flexible sample to result workflow

A. Giambra, S. Allibardi, S. Rizzo, M. Enrietto, A. Vinelli, M. Castro, F. Gorreta

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Prospective Evaluation of the mariPOC Test for Detection of Clostridioides difficile Glutamate Dehydrogenase and Toxins A/B

Roosa Savolainen

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Pigment Visibility on Rectal Swabs Used To Detect Enteropathogens: a Prospective Cohort Study

Jianling Xie

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Evaluation of Copan FecalSwab™ preserved stool specimens with the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel and the BD MAX™ Extended Enteric Bacterial Panel

Hanen Fernandez Rojas

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Evaluation of Copan FecalSwab as Specimen Type for Use in Xpert C. difficile Assay

Michael J. Mashock

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Relationship between enteric pathogens and acute gastroenteritis disease severity: a prospective cohort study

J Xie

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Nonaplex PCR using Cliffhanger primers to identify diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli from crude lysates of human faecal samples

Uffe Vest Schneider

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Evaluation of Anatomically Designed Flocked Rectal Swabs for Use with the BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel for Detection of Enteric Pathogens in Children Admitted to Hospital with Severe Gastroenteritis

Celia R. Walker

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Rapid and accurate eXDR screening: use Xpert Carba-R® with FecalSwab®

Eric Farfour

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Differences in Illness Severity among Circulating Norovirus Genotypes in a Large Pediatric Cohort with Acute Gastroenteritis

Sudha Bhavanam

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Limited Genetic Diversity of blaCMY-2-Containing IncI1-pST12 Plasmids from Enterobacteriaceae of Human and Broiler Chicken Origin in The Netherlands

Evert P. M. den Drijver

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COVID-19 Emergency Management: From the Reorganization of the Endoscopy Service to the Verification of the Reprocessing Efficacy

Beatrice Casini

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Early origins of allergy and asthma (ARIES): study protocol for a prospective prenatal birth cohort in Chile

Caroll D. Hernandez

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Clinical performance of the Abbott Panbio with nasopharyngeal, throat, and saliva swabs among symptomatic individuals with COVID-19

William Stokes

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Copan eNAT Transport System to Address Challenges in COVID-19 Diagnostics in Regions with Limited Testing Access

Melissa Richard-Greenblatt

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Comparison of pre-analytical characteristics for molecular and serological diagnostics of COVID-19

Ralph Wendt

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Combined oropharyngeal/nasal swab is equivalent to nasopharyngeal sampling for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic PCR

Tania Desmet

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Postmortem Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Mucosa

Fabian Heinrich

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Performance of the RT-LAMP-based eazyplex® SARS-CoV-2 as a novel rapid diagnostic test

Renate Egerer

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An in-well direct lysis method for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 by real time RT-PCR in eSwab specimens

Rikke Lind Jørgensen

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Performance of TEM-PCR vs Culture for Bacterial Identification in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections

James B. Wood

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Macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium from female sex workers in Belgium

Liselotte Coorevits

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High prevalence of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae among residents of long term care facilities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Eline van Dulm

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Validation of genome-wide association study-identified single nucleotide polymorphisms in a case-control study of pancreatic cancer from Taiwan

Yan-Shen Shan

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High-Throughput MICA/B Genotyping of Over Two Million Samples: Workflow and Allele Frequencies

Anja Klussmeier

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A comparison of cotton and flocked swabs for vaginal self-sample collection

Manuela Viviano

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Performance of the Alere i RSV assay for point-of-care detection of respiratory syncytial virus in children

Sarah Valerie Schnee

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Population Impact of Girls-Only Human Papillomavirus 16/18 Vaccination in The Netherlands: Cross-Protective and Second-Order Herd Effects

Joske Hoes

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Assessing the Impact of Mailing Self-Sampling Kits for Human Papillomavirus Testing to Unscreened Non-Responder Women in Manitoba

F. Jalili

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Self-Collection for Under-Screened Women in a National Cervical Screening Program: Pilot Study

M. Saville

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Detection of respiratory viruses in cystic fibrosis: comparison of nasal FLOQ Swabs™ and sputum using the FilmArray® platform

S. Cartel

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Comparison of MycoPrep and the new MYCO-TB kit: rapid and efficient digestion and decontamination of respiratory specimens for the detection of Mycobacteria

Francesco Bisognin

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Comparable specimen collection from both ends of at-home mid-turbinate swabs

Melissa Truong

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Respiratory viruses on personal protective equipment and bodies of healthcare workers

Linh T. Phan

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Detection of human bocavirus-1 in both nasal and stool specimens from children under 5 years old with influenza-like illnesses or diarrhea in Gabon

Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki

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Liquid and Dry Swabs for Culture- and PCR-Based Detection of Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus during Admission Screening

N. von Allmen

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Performance of the cobas MRSA/SA Test for Simultaneous Detection of Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Nasal Swabs

Lace R. Peterson

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Noninvasive prenatal paternity testing by means of SNP‐based targeted sequencing

Jacqueline Chor Wing Tam

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Contraceptive rings promote vaginal lactobacilli in a high bacterial vaginosis prevalence population: A randomised, open-label longitudinal study in Rwandan women

Tania Crucitti

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The Endobiota Study: Comparison of Vaginal, Cervical and Gut Microbiota Between Women with Stage 3/4 Endometriosis and Healthy Controls

Baris Ata

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Oral Health, Oral Microbiota, and Incidence of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia—A Prospective Observational Study

Fabian Cieplik

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Temporal oral microbiome changes with brushing in children with cleft lip and palate

Rita Rodrigues

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Decreased Intestinal Microbiome Diversity in Pediatric Sepsis: A Conceptual Framework for Intestinal Dysbiosis to Influence Immunometabolic Function

Scott L. Weiss

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Copan microFLOQ® Direct Swab collection of bloodstains, saliva, and semen on cotton cloth

Allison J Sherier

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A practical study on direct PCR amplification using the GlobalFiler™ PCR Amplification Kit on human bloodstains collected with microFLOQ™ Direct swabs

Kevin Wai Yin Chong Yongxun

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Detection of cell-free foetal DNA fraction in female-foetus bearing pregnancies using X-chromosomal insertion/deletion polymorphisms examined by digital droplet PCR

Iveta Zednikova

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Biotechnical development of genetic addiction risk score (GARS) and selective evidence for inclusion of polymorphic allelic risk in substance use disorder (SUD)

K. Blum

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Targeted capture enrichment followed by NGS: development and validation of a single comprehensive NIPT for chromosomal aneuploidies, microdeletion syndromes and monogenic diseases

George Koumbaris

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Whole genome sequencing revealed new molecular characteristics in multidrug resistant staphylococci recovered from high frequency touched surfaces in London

Rory Cave

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Randomized Comparison of Two Vaginal Self-Sampling Methods for Human Papillomavirus Detection: Dry Swab versus FTA Cartridge

Rosa Catarino

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Bacterial Load of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Posterior Oropharynx, Tonsillar Fossae, and Saliva among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Untreated Oropharyngeal Chlamydia

Tiffany R. Phillips

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Prevalence of BRD-Related Viral Pathogens in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Swiss Veal Calves

Eveline Studer et al.

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Correlating qRT-PCR, dPCR and Viral Titration for the Identification and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2: A New Approach for Infection Management

Martina Brandolini et al.

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Evidence of Common Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in Bovines and Humans in Emilia Romagna Region (Northern Italy)

Elena Carra et al.

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Performance evaluation of an automated SARS-CoV-2 Ag test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection on nasopharyngeal swabs

Cedric Hartard et al.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 in hospital indoor environments is predominantly non‑infectious

Janina Krambrich et al.

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Clinical, virological and immunological evolution of the olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in COVID-19

Eugenia Maiorano et al.

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On-field evaluation of a ultra-rapid fluorescence immunoassay as a frontline test for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic

Andrea Orsi et al.

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Real-World Evidence: The Low Validity of Temperature Screening for COVID-19 Triage

Bogdan C. Pana et al.

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Screening the Presence of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Different Animal Systems and the Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance

Dacil Rivera et al.

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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing

Javier Sanchez Romano et al.

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Early Start of Oral Clarithromycin Is Associated with Better Outcome in COVID-19 of Moderate Severity: The ACHIEVE Open-Label Single-Arm Trial

Konstantinos Tsiakos et al.

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Practical strategies for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing in resource-constrained settings

Meredith S. Muller et al.

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Immune cell residency in the nasal mucosa may partially explain respiratory disease severity across the age range

Konner Winkley et al.

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Assessment of the Diagnostic Ability of Four Detection Methods Using Three Sample Types of COVID-19 Patients

Fei Yu et al.

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Evaluation of an Environmental Transport Medium for Legionella pneumophila Recovery

Marianna Martinelli et al.

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Efficacy of Unsupervised Self-Collected Mid-Turbinate FLOQSwabs for the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Egildo Luca D’andrea et al.

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Inhibition of DNA amplification caused by metal in extracted bloodstains and in direct amplification

Patterson et al.

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Epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli from repeated prevalence studies over 11 years in a long-term-care facility

Martischang et al.

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Optimizing liquefaction and decontamination of sputum for DNA extraction from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Anzaan Dippenaar et al.

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Evaluation of the Hologic Panther Fusion MRSA Assay for the detection of MRSA in ESwab specimens obtained from nose, throat, and perineum

M. D. Bartels et al

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Performance of the Hologic Panther Fusion® MRSA Assay for the nasal screening of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage

E. Maurin et al

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Comparison of ESwab and Wound Fiber Swab Specimen Collection Devices for Use with Xpert SA Nasal Complete Assay

E. T. Beck et al

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Saliva detection of SARS-CoV-2 for mitigating company outbreaks: a surveillance experience

Emerenziana Ottaviano et al.

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Safe and effective pool testing 1 for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Marie Wunsch et al.

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UriSwab: an effective transport medium for nucleic acid detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Anna-maria G Costa

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Fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from poultry and human samples assessed by PCR- restriction fragment length polymorphism assay

Yuli Melisa Sierra-Arguello

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Molecular Evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST278 Iso-late Harboring blaNDM-7 and Involved in Nosocomial Transmission

Tarah Lynch

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Multisite evaluation of Cepheid Xpert Carba-R assay for detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms in rectal swabs

Tato M

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The initial state of the human gut microbiome deter-mines its reshaping by antibiotics

Frédéric Raymond

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Case-Control Pilot Study on Acute Diarrheal Dis-ease in a Geographically Defined Pediatric Population in a Middle-Income Country

Ana E Farfán-García

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Risk of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections among Children Found to be Staphylococcus aureus MRSA USA300 Carriers

Lilly Cheng Immergluck

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The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients at-tending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada

Alejandra Ugarte Torres

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Germs of thrones – spontaneous decolonization of Car-bapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enter-ococci (VRE) in Western Europe: is this myth or reality?

Benjamin Davido

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Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in individuals from the community in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Taniela Marli Bes

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Development of a melting-curve based multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and genes encoding resistance to macrolides and lincosamides

Eliane Saori Otaguiri

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Active Surveillance of Carbapenemase-Producing Or-ganisms (CPO) Colonization With Xpert Carba-R Assay Plus Positive Patient Iso-lation Proves to Be Effective in CPO Containment

Menglan Zhou

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Sports balls as potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors

Michel Pelisser et al.

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Age-Dependent Dissimilarity of the Nasopharyngeal and Middle Ear Microbiota in Children with Acute Otitis Media

Silvio D Brugger

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Common skin bacteria protect their host from oxidative stress through secreted antioxidant RoxP

Tilde Andersson

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Common skin bacteria protect their host from oxidative stress through secreted antioxidant RoxP

Tilde Andersson

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Self‑sampling versus health care professional‑guided swab collection for SARS‑CoV‑2 testing

Silvia Würstle

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SARS-CoV-2 on Ocular Surfaces in a Cohort of Patients With COVID-19 From the Lombardy Region, Italy

Claudio Azzolini

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Child development, growth and microbiota: fol-low-up of a randomized education trial in Uganda

Prudence Atukunda

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Multicenter evaluation of the Xpert MRSA NxG assay for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nasal swabs

Melanie L. Yarbrough

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Extractionless nucleic acid detection: a high capacity solution to COVID-19 testing

Shairaz Baksh et al.

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Excellent option for mass testing during the SARS‑CoV‑2 pandemic: painless self‑collection and direct RT‑qPCR

Eva Kriegova et al.

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Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection in a Healthy Healthcare Worker in Italy Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing

Daniela Loconsole et al.

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A comparison of ThinPrep against four non-volatile transport media for HPV testing at or near the point of care

S.G.Badman

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Analysis of Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of RSV Infection in Hospitalized Children: A Retrospective Study

Ling Gong

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How is the Xpert MRSA Gen 3 assay (Cepheid) performing on pooled eSwab medium?

Stijn Jonckheere, Kristien Van Vaerenbergh, An Boel, Anne Van Keerberghen, Hans De Beenhouwer

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PCR Detection of Respiratory Pathogens in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Adults

Nicklas Sundell, Lars-Magnus Andersson, Robin Brittain-Long, Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Åsa Alsiö, Magnus Lindh, Lars Gustavsson, Johan Westin

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Analytical performance of HPV assays on vaginal self-collected vs practitioner-collected cervical samples: the SCoPE study

M Saville, D Hawkes, MHT Keung, ELO Ip, J Silvers, F Sultana, MJ Malloy, LS Velentzis, K Canfel, CD Wrede, JML Brotherton

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Evaluation of two fluorescence immunoassays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen—new tool to detect infective COVID-19 patients

Lorena Porte​, Paulette Legarraga, Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Valeska Vollrath, Gabriel Pizarro, Jose Munita, Rafael Araos, Thomas Weitzel​

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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments

Andrea Piana, Maria Eugenia Colucci, Federica Valeriani, Adriano Marcolongo, Giovanni Sotgiu, Cesira Pasquarella, Lory Marika Margarucci, , Andrea Petrucca, Gianluca Gianfranceschi, Sergio Babudieri, Pietro Vitali, Giuseppe D’Ermo, Assunta Bizzarro, Flavio De Maio, Matteo Vitali, Antonio Azara, Ferdinando Romano, Maurizio Simmaco, Vincenzo Romano Spica

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Saliva collected in universal transport media is an effective, simple and high-volume amenable method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Byron M. Berenger, John M. Conly, Kevin Fonseca, Jia Hu, Thomas Louie, Angela R. Schneider, Takshveer Singh, William Stokes, Linda Ward, Nathan Zelyas

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Identification of Viruses in Patients With Postviral Olfactory Dysfunction by Multiplex Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction

Jun Tian MD, Jayant M. Pinto MD, Li Li MD, Sanmei Zhang MD, Zhifu Sun MD, Yongxiang Wei MD

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Clinical Evaluation of the cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test and a Diagnostic Platform Switch during 48 Hours in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mario Poljak, Miša Korva, Nataša Knap Gašper, Kristina Fujs Komloš, Martin Sagadin, Tina Uršič, Tatjana Avšič Županc, Miroslav Petrovec

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Isothermal Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Directly from Respiratory Clinical Specimens

Brianna L. Petrone, Bernard J. Wolff, Alexandra A. DeLaney, Maureen H. Diaz, and Jonas M. Winchell

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The role of human Metapneumovirus genetic diversity and nasopharyngeal viral load on symptom severity in adults

Xiang Yong Oong, Jack Bee Chook, Kim Tien Ng, Wei Zhen Chow, Kok Gan Chan, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Yong Kek Pang, Yoke Fun Chan, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Kok Keng Tee

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Clinical Impact of Rapid Point-of-Care PCR Influenza Testing in an Urgent Care Setting: a Single-Center Study

Robert C. Benirschke, Erin McElvania, Richard B. Thomson Jr., Karen L. Kaul, and Sanchita Das

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Molecular Subtyping of Human Rhinovirus in Children from Three Sub-Saharan African Countries

Vicky L. Baillie, David P. Moore, Azwifarwi Mathunjwa, Palesa Morailane, Eric A. F. Simões, Shabir A. Madhi

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A prospective study evaluating congenital CMV infection in Mayotte and La Reunion Islands (France)

Justine Demortier, Jacques Fourgeaud, Soumeth Abassed, LaurentLambrecht, Marie Gromand, Brahim Boumahni, Coralie Dumont, Alexandre Reynaud, Margaux Avet, Louis Collet, Claire Périllaud-Dubois, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous

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Laboratory Evaluation of Rapid Antigen Detection Tests for More-Sensitive Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antigen

Yu Sun, Jie Deng, Yuan Qian, Runan Zhu, Fang Wang, Run Tian, Ri De, Linqing Zhao

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Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis multilocus sequence types and genovar distribution in chlamydia infected patients in a multi-ethnic region of Saratov, Russia

Valentina A. Feodorova, Svetlana S. Konnova, Yury V. Saltykov, Sergey S. Zaitsev, Irina A. Subbotina, Tatiana I. Polyanina, Sergey S. Ulyanov, Susanna L. Lamers, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Thomas C. Quinn, Vladimir L. Motin

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Efficient SARS-CoV-2 detection in unextracted oro-nasopharyngeal specimens by rRT-PCR with the Seegene Allplex™ 2019-nCoV assay

Wesley Freppel, Natacha Merindol, Fabien Rallu, Marco Bergevin

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Feasibility study for the use of self‐collected nasal swabs to identify pathogens among participants of a population‐based surveillance system for acute respiratory infections (GrippeWeb‐Plus)—Germany, 2016

Joana M. Haussig, Angelina Targosz, Susanne Engelhart, Michael Herzhoff, Kerstin Prahm, Silke Buda, Andreas Nitsche, Walter Haas, Udo Buchholz

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Pneumococcal colonization prevalence and density among Thai children with severe pneumonia and community controls

Barameht Piralam, Christine Prosperi, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Charatdao Bunthi, Pongpun Sawatwong, Ornuma Sangwichian, Melissa M. Higdon, Nora L. Watson, Maria Deloria Knoll, Wantana Paveenkittiporn, Chuwattana Chara, Cameron P. Hurst, Pasakorn Akarasewi, Julia Rhodes, Susan A. Maloney, Katherine L. O’Brien, Henry C. Baggett

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Cervical microbiota in women with cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, prior to and after local excisional treatment, a Norwegian cohort study

Johanna Wiik, Verena Sengpiel, Maria Kyrgiou, Staffan Nilsson, Anita Mitra, Tom Tanbo, Christine Monceyron Jonassen, Tone Møller Tannæs, Katrine Sjøborg

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Diversity of endocervical microbiota associated with genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection and infertility among women visiting obstetrics and gynecology clinics in Malaysia

Heng Choon Cheong, Polly Soo Xi Yap, Chun Wie Chong, Yi Ying Cheok, Chalystha Yie Qin Lee, Grace Min Yi Tan, Sofiah Sulaiman, Jamiyah Hassan, Negar Shafiei Sabet, Chung Yeng Looi , Rishein Gupta, Bernard Arulanandam, Sazaly AbuBakar, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Li Yen Chang, Won Fen Wong

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Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma carriage in pregnant women: the prevalence of transmission from mother to newborn

Avi Peretz, Oran Tameri, Maya Azrad, Shay Barak, Yuri Perlitz, Wadie Abu Dahoud, Moshe Ben-Ami & Amir Kushnir

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Evaluation of an antigen-based test for hospital point-of-care diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Gabriele Bianco, Matteo Boattini, Anna Maria Barbui, Gitana Scozzari, Franco Riccardini, Maurizio Coggiola, Enrico Lupia, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa

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Comparison of seven commercial SARS-CoV-2 rapid point-of-care antigen tests: a single-centre laboratory evaluation study

Victor M Corman, Verena Claudia Haage, Tobias Bleicker, Marie Luisa Schmidt, Barbara Mühlemann, Marta Zuchowski, Wendy K Jo, Patricia Tscheak, Elisabeth Möncke-Buchner, Marcel A Müller, Andi Krumbholz, Prof Jan Felix Drexler, Prof Christian Drosten

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Vaginal Microbiota and Cytokine Levels Predict Preterm Delivery in Asian Women

Manoj Kumar, Selvasankar Murugesan, Parul Singh, Marwa Saadaoui, Duaa Ahmed Elhag, Annalisa Terranegra, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer, Alexandra K. Marr, Tomoshige Kino, Tobias Brummaier, Rose McGready, François Nosten, Damien Chaussabel, Souhaila Al Khodor

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ACoRE: Accurate SARS-CoV-2 genome reconstruction for the characterization of intra-host and inter-host viral diversity in clinical samples and for the evaluation of re-infections

Luca Marcolungo, Cristina Beltrami , Chiara Degli Esposti, Giulia Lopatriello, Chiara Piubelli, Antonio Mori, Elena Pomari, Michela Deiana, Salvatore Scarso, Zeno Bisoffi, Valentina Grosso, Emanuela Cosentino, Simone Maestri, Denise Lavezzari, Barbara Iadarola, Marta Paterno, Elena Segala, Barbara Giovannone, Martina Gallinaro, Marzia Rossato, Massimo Delledonne

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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Women from Cozumel, Mexico

Enrique Navarro-Vidal

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Comparative phase I randomized open-label pilot clinical trial of Gynophilus® (Lcr regenerans®) immediate release capsules versus slow release muco-adhesive tablets

Caroline Dausset, Stéphane Patrier, Pawel Gajer, Claudia Thoral, Yann Lenglet, Jean-Michel Cardot, Philippe Judlin, Jacques Ravel, Adrien Nivoliez

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Evaluation of BD Max StaphSR and BD Max MRSAXT Assays Using ESwab-Collected Specimens

Suzane Silbert, Carly Kubasek, Faris Galambo, Elaine Vendrone, Raymond Widen

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Evaluation of factors affecting real-time PCR performance for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in clinical stool samples

Joakim Forsell​, Satu Koskiniemi​, Ida Hedberg​, Helén Edebro​, Birgitta Evengård​, Margareta Granlund​

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Evaluation of the BD Max StaphSR Assay for Detecting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) in ESwab-Collected Wound Samples

Suzane Silbert, Alicia Gostnell, Carly Kubasek, Raymond Widen

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Evaluation of the Copan eSwab®, a liquid-based microbiology transport system, for the preservation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at different temperatures

Lindy Gumede, Frans Radebe, Duduzile Nhlapo, Venessa Maseko, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha

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Molecular epidemiology and virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in medical laboratory staff: comparison between microbiological and non-microbiological laboratories

Xiaoying Xie, Xinlu Dai, Lijia Ni, Baiji Chen, Zhaofan Luo, Yandan Yao, Xiquan Wu, Hongyu Li, Songyin Huang

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Mismatch Amplification Mutation Assay-Based Real-Time PCR for Rapid Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in Clinical Specimens

Valentina Donà, Joost H. Smid, Sara Kasraian, Dianne Egli-Gany, Ferah Dost, Fatime Imeri, Magnus Unemo, Nicola Low, Andrea Endimiani

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Temporary carriage of bovine coronavirus and bovine respiratory syncytial virus by fomites and human nasal mucosa after exposure to infected calves

Veslemøy Sunniva Oma, Thea Klem, Madeleine Tråvén, Stefan Alenius, Britt Gjerset, Mette Myrmel, Maria Stokstad

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Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert CT/NG and OSOM Trichomonas Rapid assays for point-of-care STI testing among young women in South Africa: a crosssectional study

Nigel Garrett, Nireshni Mitchev, Farzana Osman, Jessica Naidoo, Jienchi Dorward, Ravesh Singh, Hope Ngobese, Anne Rompalo, Koleka Mlisana, Adrian Mindel

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Exploring the Microbiota of Diabetic Foot Infections With Culturomics

Joanne Jneid, Nadim Cassir, Sophie Schuldiner, Nathalie Jourdan, Albert Sotto, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Bernard La Scola

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Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of the Automated Aries Group A Strep PCR Assay from Throat Swabs

N. Kanwar, J. Crawford, C. Ulen, T. S. Uphoff, J. Dien Bard, R. Dunn, A. Drain, R. Selvarangan

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How home anterior self-collected nasal swab simplifies SARS-CoV-2 testing: new surveillance horizons in public health and beyond

Silvia Ricci, Lorenzo Lodi, Francesco Citera, Francesco Nieddu, Maria Moriondo, Valentina Guarnieri, Mattia Giovannini, Giuseppe Indolfi, Massimo Resti, Alberto Zanobini, Chiara Azzari

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Comparison of Three Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests and Culture for Detection of Group B Streptococcus from Enrichment Broth

Ji H. Shin, David T. Pride

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Multicenter Evaluation of NeuMoDx Group B Streptococcus Assay on the NeuMoDx 288 Molecular System

C. L. Emery, R. F. Relich, T. H. Davis, S. A. Young, M. D. Sims, B. L. Boyanton Jr.

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Comparison of BD MAX GBS and GenomEra GBS assays for rapid intrapartum PCR detection of vaginal carriage of group B streptococci

Trine Andreasen, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Mohammed Rohi Khalil

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Comparison of collection methods for molecular detection of α-herpes viruses and Treponema pallidum, including evaluation of critical transportation conditions

Pieter W. Smit, Titia Heijman, Meriem el Abdallaoui, Sylvia M. Bruisten

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Evaluation of Methods for the Extraction of Microbial DNA From Vaginal Swabs Used for Microbiome Studies

Valentina Mattei, Selvasankar Murugesan, Muna Al Hashmi, Rebecca Mathew, Nicola James, Parul Singh, Manoj Kumar, Arun Prasath Lakshmanan, Annalisa Terranegra, Souhaila Al Khodor, Sara Tomei

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Laryngotracheal Microbiota in Adult Laryngotracheal Stenosis

Alexander T Hillel, Sharon S Tang, Camila Carlos, Joseph H Skarlupka, Madhu Gowda, Linda X Yin, Kevin Motz, Cameron R Currie, Garret Suen, Susan L Thibeault

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Assessment of the direct quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 by droplet digital PCR

Michela Deiana, Antonio Mori, Chiara Piubelli, Salvatore Scarso, Mosè Favarato, Elena Pomari

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SARS-CoV-2 detection in setting of viral swabs scarcity: Are MRSA swabs and viral swabs equivalent?

Daniel G. Federman , Shaili Gupta,Gary Stack, Sheldon M. Campbell, David R. Peaper, Louise M. Dembry, Ann Fisher, Asim F. Tarabar, Michael Kozal, Christopher B. Ruser

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Evaluation of Transport Media and Specimen Transport Conditions for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Use of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR

Amy A. Rogers, Russell E. Baumann, Gwynngelle A. Borillo, Ron M. Kagan, Hollis J. Batterman, Marzena M. Galdzicka, Elizabeth M. Marlowe

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Low Rate of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Symptomatic Patients Attending a Pediatric Emergency Department

Christoph Zurl, Ernst Eber, Anna Siegl, Sabine Loeffler, Evelyn Stelzl, Harald H. Kessler, Markus Egger, Nina A. Schweintzger, Werner Zenz, Volker Strenger

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Persistence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus in women living with HIV in Denmark – the SHADE

Kristina Thorsteinsson

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Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Married Women in Rural Nepal

Sunila Shakya

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Detection of Microbial Agents in Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Samples of SARS-CoV-2 Patients

Tyler Seckar

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Pooling Upper Respiratory Specimens for Rapid Mass Screening of COVID-19 by Real-Time RT-PCR

So Yeon Kim

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Sexually Transmitted Infections and Behavioral Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Allahabad District (India) Based on Data from the ChlamIndia Study

Pierre P.M. Thomas

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Evaluating sexual health in sex workers and men who have sex with men: the SMESH cross-sectional protocol study

Eliana Marcia Wendland

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Relationship between microbiology of throat swab and clinical course among primary care patients with acute cough: a prospective cohort study

Josè M. Ordonez-Mena

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Effects of Fermented Oils on Alpha-Biodiversity and Relative Abundance of Cheek Resident Skin Microbiota

Tiziana Ciardiello

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STOP HPV study protocol: a nationwide case–control study of the association between oropharyngeal cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Brazil

Eliana Marcia Wendland

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Diagnostic Accuracy of a Noninvasive Test for Detection of Helicobacter pylori and Resistance to Clarithromycin in Stool by the Amplidiag H. pylori

Maxime Pichon

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Prevalence and clinical significance of respiratory viruses and bacteria detected in tuberculosis patients compared to household contact controls in Tanzania: a cohort study

Mhimbira F.

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Inactivation analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by specimen transport media, nucleic acid extraction 2 reagents, detergents and fixatives

Stephen R. Welch

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Robust and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 using PCR based methods

Changwoo Park

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Short-course antimicrobial therapy for paediatric respiratory infections (SAFER): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Jeffrey Pernica

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Use of an innovative and non-invasive device for virologic sampling of cough aerosols in patients with community and hospital acquired pneumonia: a pilot study

Filippo Patrucco

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Evaluation of Anatomically Designed Flocked Rectal Swabs for Molecular Detection of Enteric Pathogens in Children Admitted to Hospital with Severe Gastroenteritis in Botswana

David M. Goldfarb

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Rapid Active Sampling Surveys as a Tool to Evaluate Factors Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis and Norovirus Infection among Children in Rural Guatemala

Daniel Olson

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Performance of a Mobile Phone App-Based Participatory Syndromic Surveillance System for Acute Febrile Illness and Acute Gastroenteritis in Rural Guatemala

Daniel Olson

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Nasopharyngeal Isolates from a Cohort of medical students with or without pharyngitis

Hassib Narchi

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Evaluation of the novel artus C. difficile QS-RGQ, VanR QS-RGQ and MRSA/SA QS-RGQ assays for the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficle infection (CDI) and for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening

K.A. Morris

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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva using a guanidium based transport medium suitable for RT-PCR diagnostic assays

Sukalyani Banik

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Evaluation of Commercially Available Viral Transport Medium (VTM) for SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation and Use in Point-of-Care (POC) Testing

David van Bockel

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Evaluation of the BioFire® COVID-19 test and Respiratory Panel 2.1 for rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples

Eric J.Eckbo

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A case of severe pneumonia with viremia caused by adenovirus B7 identified by off-label use of a multiplex PCR system

Akie Sakakura

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Laboratory evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia plus panel compared to conventional methods for the identification of bacteria in lower respiratory tract specimens: a prospective cross-sectional study from South Africa

Barend Mitton

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An observational study comparing HPV prevalence and type distribution between HPV-vaccinated and -unvaccinated girls after introduction of school-based HPV vaccination in Norway

Espen Enerly

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A pilot, open labelled, randomised controlled trial of hypertonic saline nasal irrigation and gargling for the common cold

Sandeep Ramalingam

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Evaluation of the Versant CT/GC DNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) for the Detection of Extra-Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections

Antonella Marangoni

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The Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Three Other Non-Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections among Pregnant Women in Pemba Island Tanzania

Naomi C.A.

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Antibody response to respiratory syncytial virus infection in children <18 months old

Esposito S

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Genotypic characterisation of human papillomavirus infections among persons living with HIV infection; a case–control study in Kumasi, Ghana

Dekugmen Yar

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Optimization of Quantitative PCR Methods for Enteropathogen Detection

Jie Liu

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Comparison of DRY and WET vaginal swabs with cervical specimens in Roche Cobas 4800 HPV and Abbott RealTime High Risk HPV tests

Kwan Jun

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Human Bocavirus in Korean Children with Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Tract Infections

Eun Jin Lee

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A Rapid Epidemiological Tool to Measure the Burden of Norovirus Infection and Disease in Resource-Limited Settings

Daniel Olson

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Evaluation of Allplex Respiratory Panel 1/2/3 Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses with Influenza A Virus subtyping

Jaehyeon Lee

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The prevalence of, and risk factors for, mycoplasma genitalium infection among infertile women in Ibadan: A cross-sectional study

Tinuade Adesola Ajant

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A 30-Min Nucleic Acid Amplification Point-of-Care Test for Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Women: A Prospective, Multi-center Study of Diagnostic Accuracy

Harding-Esch E.M

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Laboratory diagnosis of congenital CMV infection in newborns: Impact of pre-analytic factors

Niko Kohmer

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Performance Evaluation of the Novodiag Bacterial GE+ Multiplex PCR Assay

Charly Roy

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Characterization of a universal screening approach for congenital CMV infection based on a highly-sensitive, quantitative, multiplex real-time PCR assay

Angela Nagel

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Comparison of Two Commercial Platforms and a Laboratory-Developed Test for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA

Mannonen L.

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Comparison of Two Commercial Platforms and a Laboratory-Developed Test for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA

Richard J. Drew

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Monitoring environmental contamination caused by SARS-CoV-2 in a healthcare facility by using adenosine triphosphate testing

Justin J. Kim

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Microbiome Understanding in Maternity Study (MUMS), an Australian prospective longitudinal cohort study of maternal and infant microbiota: study protocol

Daniella Susic

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Chest CT accuracy in diagnosing COVID-19 during the peak of the Italian epidemic: A retrospective correlation with RT-PCR testing and analysis of discordant cases

Zeno Falaschi

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Alterations of Gut Microbiota and the Brain-Immune-Intestine Axis in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis After Treatment With Oral Cladribine: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study

Jeske van Pamelen

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Each Additional Day of Antibiotics Is Associated With Lower Gut Anaerobes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients

Ashley M Rooney

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Long-term stability of microbiome diversity and composition in fecal samples stored in eNAT medium

Rebecca R. Young

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Controlled ovarian stimulation and progesterone supplementation affect vaginal and endometrial microbiota in IVF cycles: a pilot study

Andrea Carosso

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Resveratrol plus carboxymethyl-β-glucan in infants with common cold: A randomized double-blind trial

Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre

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RICAI 2021

Réunion interdisciplinaire de chimiothérapie anti-infectieuse.

After the digital edition of 2020, the 2021 edition will be an opportunity to share live the experiences we learned from the pandemic and get to know new therapeutics and diagnostics solutions for infectious pathologies. We will be there, to finally meet you in person and show you our sample collection devices and UniVerse®, our latest solution for molecular biology sample preparation.

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Medlab Middle East

For the expected, unexpected and everything in between

Medlab is the key event to unite Middle East healthcare and medical laboratory community, and is the right place to discover innovative products, trending technology, and build infinite networking opportunities. This year we’ll be there in person: discover our FLOQ technology – which revolutionized sample collection – and see first-hand our Liquid-Based Microbiology media, today the gold standard in microbiological sampling. Moreover, it will be a great chance to learn more about UniVerse®, our solution designed to bring efficiency, standardization, and safety in the service of thousands of molecular biology laboratories worldwide.

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IBMS Congress

Delivering science, celebrating achievement

The COVID-19 pandemic has put science and scientists center stage in a way rarely seen. Being IBMS’s most important event for developing professional skills and knowledge, 2022’s Congress will truly celebrate science in all its variety, influence, potential, and impact on society. We, Copan people, are trembling to contribute to this event: we’ll be present there to display our patented technologies, our Liquid-Based Microbiology media, and lab automation. This year will be a great chance to learn more about UniVerse®, our solution designed to bring efficiency, standardization, and safety in the service of thousands of molecular biology laboratories worldwide. But that’s not all: in the dedicated executive suite 7 we’ll go deeper into sharing knowledge and communicating science: Stay tuned to discover what we arranged!

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32nd ECCMID – European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

The main event of the year! ECCMID brings together experts from many fields to present their latest findings, guidelines, and experiences to an audience of over 14,000 colleagues. The scientific program includes Keynote Lectures and Oral Sessions, Educational Workshops, Open Forums, Meet-The-Expert Sessions, and a wide range of Scientific Symposia. We are arranging great things for the occasion, including an Integrated Lunch Symposia – Saturday, April 23rd, from 12:15 to 13:15 – talking about self-collection experiences in different fields.

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World Of Microbiome

This year, the WOM program is based on three learning and networking zones to advance research, understanding & application in the world of microbiome by fostering collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and the industry. These zones are the mother and newborn microbiome, the digestive tract and metabolism microbiome, and the oral cavity microbiome.

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SGM-SSM – Swiss Society for Microbiology

In 2022 the Swiss Society for Microbiology celebrates its 80th anniversary. We’ll be there with our partner Ruwag celebrating this anniversary and discussing the latest advancements in clinical microbiology with Swiss experts. In this respect, don’t miss our exclusive symposium, “The Microbiology Laboratory of the Future,” featuring Dr. Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Bart Gordts, and Professor Oliver Nolte, Wednesday August 31, from 12.00 to 12.45.

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ESCV – 24th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology

This meeting will be the first in-person ESCV meeting since the pandemic began! We are excited to get together and share our pandemic experience with clinical virologists, without forgetting all the many other important aspects of clinical virology that the attention-demanding coronavirus has overshadowed!

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EMMD – 12th European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics

The European Meeting on Molecular Diagnostics will cover all the aspects of molecular diagnostics in human disease and pathology. The scope of the meeting has expanded to include top-notch amplification techniques in a wide diversity of laboratory disciplines, including Clinical Microbiology and Virology. Come to our stand (#10) to discover our approach to molecular biology sample preparation!

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RICAI 2022

Réunion interdisciplinaire de chimiothérapie anti-infectieuse.

The 42nd RICAI is approaching with many new things. The meeting will offer five interactive sessions on current advancements in anti-infective therapies and technological innovations related to antimicrobial resistance. Moreover, interviews with the speakers of the key sessions of the congress will be produced and broadcast on ACAI social media. See you there! We will be there to finally meet you in person and show you our sample collection devices and UniVerse®, our latest solution for molecular biology sample preparation.

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IBMS Congress 2023

Linking learning to the laboratory

The COVID-19 pandemic has put science and scientists center stage in a way rarely seen. Being IBMS’s most important event for developing professional skills and knowledge, 2022’s Congress will truly celebrate science in all its variety, influence, potential, and impact on society. We, Copan people, are trembling to contribute to this event: we’ll be present there to display our patented technologies, our Liquid-Based Microbiology media, and lab automation. This year will be a great chance to learn more about UniVerse®, our solution designed to bring efficiency, standardization, and safety in the service of thousands of molecular biology laboratories worldwide.

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7th Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Congress

Two days of exciting talks to learn about the latest microbiome discoveries and novel research trends, as well as explore effective strategies and partnerships that translate findings into viable products. Discover our microbiome sample collection products at our stand, and don’t miss the chance to listen to our talks Tuesday, September 12, held by Copan Scientific Affairs Director Cristiano Sabelli, “Standardizing Sample Collection and Transportation for Microbiome Analysis” and ASPAC Sales & Marketing Manager “Cyclone: easy, traceable, and reliable automation of sample preparation.”

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ESCV – 25th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology

The 25^th European Society for Clinical Virology meeting will be an engaging experience for expert clinical virologists and young scientists. Topics will be focused on the state of the art as well as the most recent discoveries and innovations in Clinical Virology, including respiratory viruses, gastrointestinal viruses, emerging and re-emerging viruses, immune response and vaccines, advancements in diagnostics, epidemics, and pandemics. Looking for the best collection device for virology? Come and visit our booth!

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MICROBIOME: from benchtop to bedside

The Clinical Biology Department of the UZ Brussel organises the symposium ‘Microbiome: from benchtop to bedside’ to learn about the latest microbiome discoveries and novel research trends, as well as to foster collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and the industry. Discover our microbiome sample collection products at our booth and don’t miss our talk!

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RICAI 2023

Réunion interdisciplinaire de chimiothérapie anti-infectieuse.

The 43rd RICAI is approaching with many new things. The meeting will offer five interactive sessions on current advancements in anti-infective therapies and technological innovations related to antimicrobial resistance. Moreover, interviews with the speakers of the key sessions of the congress will be produced and broadcast on ACAI social media. See you there! We will be there to finally meet you in person and show you our sample collection devices and UniVerse®, our latest solution for molecular biology sample preparation.

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