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Bartonellosis and Rare Disease Day

Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels Rare Disease Day is February 28. Rare diseases have specific legal definitions that are tied to support from various governmental programs around the world. Patient registries are a key part of the call for funding for rare disease research and are needed to advance the research on tick-borne diseases like Lyme borreliosis, [...]

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Lyme Disease in Black People

Source: PEXELS via Pixabay Underrepresentation of Dark Skin in Medical Literature Recently, a medical illustration of a fetus in utero went viral. It was one of the first depictions many people had seen of a darker-skinned baby in a medical context. Chidiebere Ibe is the Nigerian medical student behind this revolutionary illustration and many more. [...]

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One Health Month 2022: People and Animals Caring For Each Other

In 2019, the US Senate passed a bipartisan resolution designating January 2020 as One Health Awareness Month in the United States. Now, One Health advocates around the world promote and celebrate One Health education in the beginning of each year. Source: CDC   At Galaxy Diagnostics, we educate about the risks of zoonotic pathogens to [...]

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Revisiting Bartonella Digital ePCR and the Triple Draw Approach

This year Galaxy Diagnostics released Bartonella Digital ePCR™, which combines ddPCR technology with BAPGM™ enrichment to enhance direct detection of infection. Although replacing qPCR with ddPCR has increased the sensitivity of our ePCR™ platform, collecting samples on three different days (known as Triple Draw) is still the recommended approach for confirming a bartonellosis diagnosis.   [...]

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Bartonella Diagnostics Update Webinar with Dr. Breitschwerdt

Galaxy Diagnostics recently hosted a webinar where our CEO, Dr. Amanda Elam, and chief scientific officer, Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, provided clinicians with an update on our Bartonella test offerings and discussed current recommendations for use based on the published research. Specific topics included: Bartonella pathogenesis and disease prevalence Bartonella ddPCR, Bartonella Digital ePCR™, and the [...]

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A Multiplex Droplet Digital PCR Test for Tick-Borne Disease

Individuals exposed to fleas and ticks are at risk of polymicrobial infections, which can lead to complex multi-system disease. It is difficult and expensive to confirm which infections are present with currently available laboratory testing, so healthcare providers often must clinically diagnose patients based on symptoms and exposure risk. A new direct detection method, the [...]

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