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Resources: Laboratory Capabilities

AGENT NAME

DISEASE NAME

TYPE OF TEST

Department

Turnaround Time

Aeromonas spp.

 

Culture

Enterics

7 - 10 days

Aeromonas spp.

 

Idenification

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Astrovirus 

 

ELISA

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter 

 Campylobacteriosis 

ELISA

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter 

 Campylobacteriosis 

Culture

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter jejuni 

 Campylobacteriosis 

ELISA

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter jejuni 

 Campylobacteriosis 

PCR

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter spp. 

 Campylobacteriosis 

Bacterial isolation

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Campylobacter spp. 

 Campylobacteriosis 

serology

Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Chikungunya 

 Chikungunya fever 

ELISA

Virology & Enterics

7 - 10 days

 Chikungunya 

 Chikungunya fever 

HI

       

7 - 10 days

 Chikungunya 

 Chikungunya fever 

Plaque assay

       

7 - 10 days

 Chikungunya 

 Chikungunya fever 

Virus isolation

       

7 - 10 days

 Dengue virus (flaviviruses) 

 Dengue Hemorrhagic fever 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Dengue virus (flaviviruses) 

 Dengue Hemorrhagic fever 

HI

       

7 - 10 days

 Dengue virus (flaviviruses) 

 Dengue Hemorrhagic fever 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Dengue virus (flaviviruses) 

 Dengue Hemorrhagic fever 

Plaque assay

       

7 - 10 days

 Dengue virus (flaviviruses) 

 Dengue Hemorrhagic fever 

Culture

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

NA hybridization

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

DNA hybridization (enteroadherent)

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

DNA hybridization (enteroaggregative)

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

DNA hybridization for toxin (enterohemorrhagic)

       

7 - 10 days

 Escherichia coli (O157:H7 and others) 

 E. coli infection 

DNA hybridization w/ MAb (enteroinvasive)

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis A virus 

 Hepatitis A 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis A virus 

 Hepatitis A 

IFA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis A virus 

 Hepatitis A 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis B virus 

 Hepatitis B 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis C virus 

 Hepatitis C 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis C virus 

 Hepatitis C 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis D virus 

 Hepatitis D 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis E virus 

 Hepatitis E 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis E virus 

 Hepatitis E 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Hepatitis G virus 

 Hepatitis G 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

HI

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

Immunostaining

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

Plaque assay

       

7 - 10 days

 Japanese encephalitis virus 

 Japanese encephalitis 

Virus isolation

       

7 - 10 days

 Norwalk virus 

 Norwalk virus 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium falciparum 

 Malaria (falciparum) 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium falciparum 

 Malaria (falciparum) 

Chromatography/dipstick

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium falciparum 

 Malaria (falciparum) 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium malariae 

 Malaria (quartan) 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium malariae 

 Malaria (quartan) 

Chromatography/dipstick

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium malariae 

 Malaria (quartan) 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium ovale 

 Malaria (ovale) 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium ovale 

 Malaria (ovale) 

Chromatography/dipstick

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium ovale 

 Malaria (ovale) 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium vivax 

 Malaria (vivax) 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium vivax 

 Malaria (vivax) 

Chromatography/dipstick

       

7 - 10 days

 Plasmodium vivax 

 Malaria (vivax) 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

Plesiomonas shigelliodes

 

Culture

 

7 - 10 days

Plesiomonas shigelliodes

 

Identification

 

7 - 10 days

 Rickettsia spp. 

 Not Available 

Immunostaining

       

7 - 10 days

 Rickettsia tsutsugamushi orientalis 

 Scrub typhus 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Rickettsia tsutsugamushi orientalis 

 Scrub typhus 

IFA

       

7 - 10 days

 Rickettsia tsutsugamushi orientalis 

 Scrub typhus 

Chromatography/dipstick

       

7 - 10 days

Salmonella spp.

 

Bacterial Isolation

 

 

Salmonella spp

 

Serotyping

 

 

Salmonella spp

 

Subtyping

 

 

Shigella spp.

Shigellosis

Bacterial Isolation

 

7-10 days

 Shigella spp. 

 Shigellosis 

PCR

       

7 - 10 days

Shigella spp.

Shigellosis

Serotyping

 

7-10 days

 Vibrio cholerae 

 Cholera 

Bacterial isolation - TCBS medium w/ API 20

       

7 - 10 days

 Vibrio cholerae 

 Cholera 

Agglutination

       

7 - 10 days

 Vibrio cholerae 

 Cholera 

ELISA

       

7 - 10 days

 Vibrio cholerae 

 Cholera 

Ileal loop assay - toxin-induced fluid accumul

       

7 - 10 days

 Vibrio parahaemolyticus 

 Vibrio infection 

Bacterial isolation - TCBS medium w/ API 20

       

7 - 10 days

Vibrio spp.

Vibrio infection

Culture

 

 

Vibrio spp.

Vibrio infection

Serotyping

 

 

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