easy-to-use system for pathogen detection.
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Infectious disease outbreaks can occur anywhere in the world. Rapid movement of people and goods around the globe increases the opportunity for local outbreaks to quickly become worldwide pandemics. Viruses and bacteria that cause outbreaks need to be rapidly identified and tracked.
Rapid identification can be accomplished with Longhorn’s Prime PCR System. This is a molecular diagnostic system, which allows infectious agents to be safely collected and accurately identified within a couple of hours versus days for traditional cultures.
The collection system, PrimeStore™, inactivates microbial agents from clinical and environmental specimens and prevents nucleic acid degradation during shipping and storage. It is temperature stable and suitable for field deployment and outbreak surveillance.
The pathogen specific detection system, PrimeMix™, is a simple, rapid and easy to use PCR reagent mix for point of collection detection. It is also temperature stable and can be field deployed. For example, with influenza it will determine:
- Flu or no Flu
- Influenza A or B
- Subtype: H1, H3, H5
Additionally, a molecular based influenza vaccine is in early stage development.