The 5th annual LymeMIND Virtual Conference held in October 2020 is available online. A session on “Bartonella and Co-infections” featured several speakers, including two Galaxy Diagnostics scientists. The speakers focused on what we know now about Bartonella species infection in people and hypotheses to drive future research. These hypotheses all require more advanced molecular and [...]
Galaxy Diagnostics’ Medical Director Discusses Bartonellosis at Crypto-Infections Conference
CONTACT US GALAXY TESTING The 2nd European Crypto-Infections Conference presented by the Lyme Resource Centre was held September 26 – 27 2020. This event focused on difficult-to-detect tick-borne pathogens implicated in chronic illnesses affecting both people and animals. An hour-long video of Dr. Robert Mozayeni, Galaxy’s medical director, discussing his experience with bartonellosis patients over the past [...]
New Medical Education for Bartonella Species Infections
We are excited to announce that six bartonellosis modules presented by Galaxy Diagnostics' chief scientific officer, Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt are now available to healthcare providers. AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians) CME credit is available for provides that complete each module. They are also open to the general public for viewing. The modules are presented [...]
Rare Disease Day 2021 – The Data We Can Collect Together
Rare Disease Day is February 28th. 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 diseases and are needed to advance the research on tick-borne diseases like Lyme borreliosis, bartonellosis, and babesiosis. What [...]
Bartonella Digital ePCR™ is Now Available!
We are very excited to announce the launch of Bartonella Digital ePCR™. This advanced DNA test methodology provides the most sensitive direct detection for Bartonella species infections. Bartonella infections can cause a broad range of diseases, from acute cases of cat scratch disease and trench fever to culture negative endocarditis, rheumatologic disease, neurologic disease, vasoproliferative tumors, and [...]
A New Kind of One Health Month
One Health Awareness Month in January 2021 is different from any year before. A large portion of the public who had never heard the terms “zoonotic disease” or “spillover event” now have profound personal investment in One Health education and solutions. As a clinical laboratory that specializes in vector-borne zoonotic pathogens like Bartonella and Lyme [...]