Bacteriophages “bacteria-eater” are infectious agents that replicate as obligate intracellular parasites in bacteria with high selectivity. They are the powerful regulators of bacterial...
Category: Virology
Visible morphological changes in cell cultures caused by viral infections are called cytopathic effects (CPE). The degree of visible changes to cells caused by viral infection varies with the type of...
Shell vial cell culture, a centrifuge-enhanced tissue culture assay, is a modification of conventional cell culture for the rapid detection of viruses in vitro. Rapid shell vial cultures are used to...
Embryonated chicken egg is used for the culture of some viruses. The viruses grow in the cells of the embryo and membranes. Specimens are inoculated into pathogen-free fertilized eggs of 10-11...
COVID-19 Testing Kits That You Should Only Use According To FDA
Today, the whole world is suffering and threatened by this newly discovered disease, the COVID-19. People who are infected with the coronavirus are showing symptoms that are almost similar to having...
SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM rapid test is a lateral flow immunoassay intended for the qualitative detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in the blood (serum, plasma) from patients suspected of...