Nearly everybody knows that tick bites pose the risk of Borrelia infections. However, the unpleasant tease may also cause other diseases, such as anaplasmosis, whose prevalence rises. Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a bacterium belonging to the group of rickettsials, can be transferred to humans as well as dogs and horses by the tick Ixodes ricinus. This species […]
Malaria is a fever disease caused by plasmodia, unicellular parasites. There exist five species which are pathogenic for humans and induce different forms of the disease: Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria tropica), Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium vivax (Malaria tertiana), Plasmodium malariae (Malaria quartana) and Plasmodium knowlesi – a species that was only recently recognized to be harmful
Using the EUROLINE ANA Profil 23 a patient sample can be tested for autoantibodies against 23 different nuclear antigens in one incubation. They are considered as the most important antigens which underlie the nuclear ANA patterns defined by an international consensus. For more than 50 years the abbreviation “ANA” has been used to describe anti-nuclear antibodies which
Peanut allergies belong to the most frequent food allergies which already establish during infancy. Contact with the allergen often causes severe systemic reactions of the organism including circulatory collapse (anaphylaxis). The diagnosis of a peanut allergy mostly implies serious restrictions of the patient’s life quality, especially with respect to the diet, since every contact with
Press release Luebeck, 29th January 2016 EUROIMMUN AG, a manufacturer of test systems and instruments for medical diagnostics with headquarters in Luebeck, Germany, has developed the first complete test package worldwide for the serological detection of Zika virus infections. The ELISA and indirect immunofluorescence tests allow the determination of specific antibodies (IgM, IgG) against the
