Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease which is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and primarily affects cats. Nonetheless, other mammals, including humans, can be an intermediary host and become infected with this pathogen. The detection of Toxoplasma infections in humans is of great significance in pre-natal diagnostics since primary infections of the mother may lead […]
Press release Luebeck, April 6th 2017 Today EUROIMMUN and Roche announced that they have entered into an option agreement under which Roche gains access to intellectual property in the field of Zika virus immunodiagnostics assigned to EUROIMMUN. In January 2016, EUROIMMUN became the first company in the world to launch antibody tests that are capable
Still today, it seems to be a taboo to speak about sexually transmitted infections, short STI. However, sweeping the topic under the rug is not an option. According to the WHO, there are over a million new cases of STI in the world ̶ every day. STI pathogens include bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi, which
The success story of EUROPattern, a system for fully automated evaluation of immunofluorescence for the diagnostics, goes on: The biggest laboratories in the world use EUROPattern in their routine diagnostics, e.g. Hermes Pardini and Biomedical Laboratories: EUROPattern can be used also for the diagnostics of Zika virus infections. now: The system automatically takes images from
Along with the happiness about the pregnancy arises the worry about the unborn’s health. Some pathogens are of particular concern to the expectant mother. They may be transmitted from the mother to the fetus during pregnancy or birth or shortly after birth and can cause aborts, malformations or postnatal infections of the child. They include
