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Reference
Diagnostics
The WHOCC-Plague
provides many diagnostic and reference services for outbreak investigations,
routine surveillance activities or research projects. These services
include:
- Isolation of
Y. pestis from submitted samples.
- Identification
of suspect Y. pestis isolates.
- Molecular typing
and characterization of Y. pestis isolates.
- Presumptive identification
of Y. pestis in samples by PCR, fluorescent antibody assays,
or immunohistochemical assays.
- Analyses of serological
samples.
- Antimicrobial
susceptibility testing.
- Production and
distribution of diagnostic reagents, including serology kits, conjugate
for fluorescent antibody assays, and bacteriophage-lysis strips for
phage typing of plague strains.
- Identifications
and analyses of flea vectors, other ectoparasites, and mammalian hosts
of plague.
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