Spectral与IDx公司联合开发西尼罗河病毒快速检测方法

 
 
一种快速新型检测方法被设计用于在不到1个小时内诊断患西尼罗河热患者或者西尼罗河脑膜脑炎患者。该检测方法得到了加拿大卫生部门的批准。

西尼罗河病毒感染是一种蚊传播疾病，据信在过去数年的流行中感染了北美洲数以万计的患者。医生很难根据症状进行诊断，现在使用的检测方法需要数周才能提供检测结果。每150例感染病毒的患者大约有1例会发生严重的感染，例如脑膜脑炎或者脑膜炎，将会导致瘫痪或者死亡。在2005年，据估计这种病毒已经在北美洲导致将近100例患者死亡，得到确证的病例数以千计。

这种IgM STATus快速检测方法是由Spectral诊断学公司(Toronto, Canada)及其联合研究与开发伙伴IDx公司(Burlington, VT, USA)研制开发的。Spectral已经开发了数种快速检测方法，包括心脏病发作和败血症指标的检测方法。

Rapid Test for West Nile Virus
 
A rapid new test is designed to diagnose individual patients with West Nile fever or West Nile meningoencephalitis in less than an hour. The test has been approved by Health Canada.

West Nile virus infection is a mosquito-borne illness believed to have infected tens of thousands of people in North America since its emergence over the last several years. Symptoms are difficult for doctors to diagnose, and current testing practices may take as long as two weeks to provide clinical results. About 1 in every 150 patients infected with the virus will develop a serious infection such as encephalitis or meningitis, which can result in paralysis or death. In 2005, it is estimated that the virus has killed nearly 100 people in North America to date, with several thousand cases confirmed.

The IgM STATus rapid test was developed by Spectral Diagnostics, Inc. (Toronto, Canada) and its joint-venture research and development partner, IDx, Inc. (Burlington, VT, USA). Spectral has developed several rapid-format tests, including a test measuring markers of heart attack and a test for sepsis.