Health and Fitness

FDA Approves First Tests to Screen for Tickborne Parasite in Whole Blood and Plasma

Oxford Immunotec
(Source: GlobeNewswire)

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2018

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By: Megan McSeveney

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Imugen Babesia microti Arrayed Fluorescent Immunoassay (AFIA), for the detection of antibodies to Babesia microti (B. microti) in human plasma samples, and the Imugen Babesia microti Nucleic Acid Test (NAT), for the detection of B. microti DNA in human whole blood samples. These tests are intended to be used as donor screening tests on samples from individual human…

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