Molecular Medical Microbiology, Third Edition presents the latest release in what is
considered to be the first book to synthesize new developments in both molecular and clinical …

Carbapenem resistance among Enterobacteriaceae is an emerging problem worldwide.
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (bla KPC ) enzymes are among the most common β-…

Israel experienced an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2013–2014, detected
through environmental surveillance of the sewage system. No cases of acute flaccid paralysis …

In this prospective study we compared the use of pernasal flocked swab samples with the
use of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples for the detection of respiratory viruses from …

Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) cause mild to severe respiratory diseases. Six types of HCoVs
have been discovered, the most recent one termed the Middle East respiratory syndrome …

The current diagnosis of West Nile virus (WNV) infection is primarily based on serology, since
molecular identification of WNV RNA is unreliable due to the short viremia and absence of …

Objective. Haemophilus influenzae type b causes severe disease in nonimmune infants
and young children; other serotypes are uncommon pathogens and thought to have low …

The final stage of poliovirus assembly is characterized by a cleavage of the capsid precursor
protein VP0 into VP2 and VP4. This cleavage is thought to be autocatalytic and dependent …

The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Acinetobacter
baumannii as a source of global outbreaks and epidemics especially due to its increasing …

In the present study, we followed the CLSI procedure M40-A to evaluate three specimen
transport systems [the new BD CultureSwab MaxV(+), the new Remel BactiSwab, and the …