Category: Swine flu test kit

Swine Flu Test Kit From Indian Council of Medical Research

August 25, 2009 by srrpenna

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has plans to develop a low-cost testing kit for testing the A/H1N1 infection. This information was told by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday.

Azad who was speaking to the reporters on Monday told that the virus infection, which has consumed 6 lives and infected about 864 people, is spreading in the country. He added that the government will be procuring an additional 22,000 swine flu testing kits.

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Rapid Swine Flu Test Misses Many Infections

August 6, 2009 by srrpenna

Doctors can't rely on rapid tests to diagnose the pandemic H1N1 swine flu, say U.S health officials who evaluated three kits and found that they miss many infections.

The tests do a better job detecting seasonal flu than H1N1 flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Sensitivity for the H1N1 swine flu was just 40 to 69 percent.

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VereFlu™ - Detects and Identifies Human Influenza A and B and its subtypes in a Single Test

August 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Vereflu from Veredus Laboratories can detect various flu subtypes in one test.

The threat of an influenza pandemic propels the need of a fast and reliable test for the detection of seasonal human influenza, with the capability to identify and differentiate flu subtypes. In patients with suspected pandemic flu, rapid identification of patients who will develop severe symptoms is critical for effective management and positive outcome. When used on patients at the earliest stages of disease, these tests will have prognostic value, rapidly identifying those who are suffering from seasonal flu from those who are suffering from pandemic flu. This will lead to better resource management through more efficient allocation of limited supplies of vaccines, diagnostic ests, hospital beds, quarantine facilities, as well as manpower in terms of health care workers.

Real-time PCR detection of Mexican Swine Flu pandemic strain

August 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Swine flu test kit from Primerdesigns

Nucleic acid testing (NAT) is the method of choice for detection and quantification of a wide range of micro organisms. PrimerDesign manufactures and supplies high quality quantitative real-time PCR kits for the detection and simultaneous quantification of numerous significant pathogens . A copy number standard curve is provided for quantification and an the internal extraction template (DNA or RNA), controls for the quality of the nucleic acid extraction and eliminates false negative results.

The kit is designed with the broadest possible detection profile to ensure that all clinically relevant strains and subtypes are detected. Target sequences are selected by working with data from key opinion leaders in the field. Multiple sequence alignments and unprecedented real-time PCR expertise in design and validation ensure the best possible kit.