We are excited to celebrate the seventh annual One Health Day. In the last seven years, the number of One Health programs has increased around the globe. Here in the US, One Health training is available in university programs from forestry to veterinary school. We have even seen One Health programs at local universities like [...]
Plant-based cures for Vector-borne disease
Photo from Pexels by PhotoMIX Company Herb- and plant-based medicines have been used for as long as 60,000 years, with the first written record dating to 7,000 years ago. While these medicines have survived scientific evaluation with varying success, one in four medications currently used has a plant-based origin. One of the most successful medications [...]
Leaves are falling, and so are our prices!
Our Lyme Borrelia Nanotrap Antigen Test ($405 $300), Bartonella IFA Four panel ($520 $435), and Bartonella Digital ePCR Single Draw Test ($875 $775), with a collection date of Sept. 15th and later, will be discounted. Include the promotion code, FALL2022, on all test request forms from September 15th until December 31st, 2022 to qualify for [...]
What is the difference between infection and disease?
Disease-causing microbes are often found in the human microbiome. So, when does the presence of pathogenic microbes indicate an infection? And when does the presence of infection explain disease? What is an infection? What is a disease? A disease associated with microbes is the outcome of interaction(s) between a microbe(s) and its host in [...]
Bartonella quintana: Putting the re-emerging in emerging infection
Introduction Trench fever was a defining feature of World War I. Notables like A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh, and fantasy writer JRR Tolkien were treated for trench fever. But surely trench fever did not just appear in the European trenches of World War I and then disappear after. What’s the rest of the story? Before [...]
Bringing Animal Health Serology In-House
The Most Comprehensive Bartonella IFA Panel Available for animal health We are excited to announce the Bartonella IFA Serology Panel for veterinary diagnostics will be run in our laboratory starting August 1st, 2022. We will continue offering three IFA serology tests for antibodies specific to the following antigens: B. henselae, B. koehlerae, and B. [...]