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July 22 2008	Development and validation of a solid-phase extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantification of methadone, heroin, cocaine and metabolites in sweat.

July 21 2008	Determination of illicit and medicinal drugs and their metabolites in oral fluid and preserved oral fluid by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

July 19/20 2008	GenoType MTBDR assays for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a meta-analysis.

July 18 2008	Chronic hepatitis: Role of diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis and inflammation.

July 17 2008	Reverse ELISA using monoclonal antibodies against SAG1-related sequence, SAG2A and p97 antigens from Toxoplasma gondii for detection of specific IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies in human sera.

July 16 2008	Accuracy of a routine real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

July 15 2008	Optimization of the Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay, a Rapid and Inexpensive Test for Detection of HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations, for Non-North American Variants.

July 14 2008	FULL TEXT ARTICLE A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children.

July 12/13 2008	Evaluation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 antibodies detection in dried whole blood spots (dbs) samples.

July 11 2008	A universal real-time PCR assay for the quantification of group-M HIV-1 proviral load.

July 10 2008	Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction to Evaluate Human Cytomegalovirus Lytic Gene Expression.

July 09 2008	Real-time polymerase chain reaction and laser capture microdissection: an efficient combination tool for Chlamydophila pneumoniae DNA quantification and localization of infection in atherosclerotic lesions.

July 08 2008	Development and evaluation of a sensitive enzyme-linked oligonucleotide-sorbent assay for detection of polymerase chain reaction-amplified hepatitis C virus of genotypes 1-6.

July 07 2008	New images in haemophilia.

July 05/06 2008	Rapid sequence-based diagnosis of viral infection.

July 04 2008	Kinetics of hepatitis C viral RNA and HCV-antigen during dialysis sessions: evidence for differential viral load reduction on dialysis.

July 03 2008	Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in high-endemic settings: could they play a role in optimizing global TB diagnostics? Evaluating the possibilities of using IGRAs to diagnose active TB in a rural African setting.

July 02 2008	Magnetic resonance features of cerebral malaria.
July 01 2008	Upgrading the flow-cytometric analysis of anti-Leishmania immunoglobulins for the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis.

June 30 2008	Use of POCT (point of care tests) in the diagnosis of infectious diseases

June 28/29 2008	World Health Organization/HIVResNet Drug Resistance Laboratory Strategy.

June 27 2008	False-negative results in nucleic acid amplification tests-do we need to routinely use two genetic targets in all assays to overcome problems caused by sequence variation?

June 26 2008	End-point limiting-dilution real-time PCR assay for evaluation of hepatitis C virus quasispecies in serum: Performance under optimal and suboptimal conditions.

June 25 2008	Comparative Evaluation of Virus Transmission Inhibition by Dual-Acting Pyrimidinedione Microbicides Using the Microbicide Transmission and Sterilization Assay (MTSA).

June 24 2008	Development of a more efficient algorithm for identifying false-positive reactivity in a dengue IgM screening assay.

June 23 2008	Laboratory Assays for Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Disease.

June 21/22 2008	FULL TEXT DOCUMENT Questions and Answers: Issues with Oral Fluid Rapid Tests

June 20 2008	The development of a qualitative real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of hepatitis C virus.

June 19 2008	Interferon-{gamma} Release Assays for Diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Renal Dialysis Patients.

June 18 2008	FULL TEXT ARTICLE False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests --- New York City, 2005--2008

June 17 2008	FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE Development and optimization of quantitative PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

June 16 2008	Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Testing in Adult HIV-1 Infection: 2008 Recommendations of an International AIDS Society-USA Panel.

June 14/15 2008	Performance of a Population-Based HIV-1 Tropism Phenotypic Assay and Correlation With V3 Genotypic Prediction Tools in Recent HIV-1 Seroconverters.

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