Despite widespread immunization for many childhood illnesses and
the use of effective antibiotics, infectious diseases remain a very
real public health threat in the United States. New diseases
continue to emerge and old diseases rebound, sometimes in
drug-resistant forms. In fact, the number of U.S. deaths from
infectious diseases has been increasing. Inverness Medical has one
of the nation's largest infectious disease test menus including the
new AtheNA Multi-Lyte® EBV IgG Test
System* and AtheNA Multi-Lyte® EBV IgM
Test System - multiplexed, fluorescent, bead-based systems that
offer a simple and streamlined alternative to both the IFA and
ELISA. AtheNA test systems for ToRCH, HSV types 1 & 2 and
Immune Status are currently under development. Inverness Medical
Professional Diagnostics also offers 50 IFA, ELISA and serology/agglutination tests and the Wampole™ ISOSTAT®/ISOLATOR™ Microbial System,
giving health care providers and laboratories an extensive array of
options to choose from.
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*All AtheNA Multi-Lyte®
serological assays have been developed and are manufactured by Zeus
Scientific, Inc., and are marketed exclusively by Inverness
Medical. Each is composed of a bench-top flow analyzer and
differentially dyed and distinguishable microspheres developed by
the Luminex Corporation.