Andrea J. Kraft

TL;DR: The data suggest that asymptomatic carriage makes the use of molecular assays problematic for the detection of S. pneumoniae or S. aureus in upper respiratory tract secretions; however, the specimens tested showed virtually no carriage of the other nine viral and bacterial pathogens, and the Detection of these pathogens should not be a significant diagnostic problem.

TL;DR: Compared to other available assays (culture, serology, PCR, etc.) both the BioT DNA mPCR-EHA and BioT RNA mRT-PCR -EHA are rapid, sensitive and specific assays for detecting many category “A” Bioterrorism agents using a standard thermocycler.

TL;DR: The assay is a rapid, accurate, user-friendly method for simultaneously typing and subtyping influenza viruses and to distinguish influenza A virus subtypes H1N1 and H3N2 from the potentially pandemic avian virus subtype H5N1.

TL;DR: The terrorist attacks occurring around the world necessitate society's continued investment in adequate defense against these unpredictable and irrational events.

TL;DR: This work has shown that while there are several databases that have been developed for manipulating the vast amount of influenza genetic data, significant progress can still be made in developing tools for translating the genetic data into effective diagnostics.