Emerging Microbiology Tests and Companies Developing New Technologies and Products

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Emerging Microbiology Tests and Companies Developing New Technologies and Products

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This 650-page report provides a comprehensive marketing and technological assessment, as well as medical rationale and diagnostic prospects for nearly 80 infectious diseases and viruses, including their scientific background, clinical significance and market needs for both current and emerging tests, vaccines, drugs and extensive listings of companies developing or marketing new technologies and products.

Contains 650 pages and 47 tables

Table of Contents

1. AIDS

a. Background

0 Structure and Composition

0 Classification

0 Origin of AIDS

0 Animal Lentivirus Systems

0 Virus Receptos

0 HIV Infections in Humans

- Pathogenesis & Pathology: Overview of

HIV Infection Course

0 CD4T Lymphocytes and Memory Cells

0 Monocytes and Macrophages

0 Lymphoid Organs

0 Neural Cells

0 Viral Coinfections

- Clinical Findings

0 Plasma Viral Load

0 Pediatric AIDS

- Neurologic Disease

- Opportunistic Infections

- Cancer

0 Immunity

- Virus Isolation

- Serology

- Detection of Viral Nucleic

Acid and Antigens

0 Infectivity

0 Epidemiology

- Worldwide Spread of AIDS

- United States

- Routes of Transmission

b. Diagnostic Tests0 Laboratory Diagnosis- Enzyme Immunoassay Interpretation- Specific, Sensitivity, and PredictiveValue of Enzyme Immunoassays0 Competition Assays0 Western Blot Technique0 Immuno-Fluorescence Assay (IFA)0 Radioimmunoprecipitation0 HIV-1/HIV-2 Combination Testing0 Methods of HIV-Antigen Detection0 Antigen Assays and Blood Screening0 Urine Tests0 Immunopathogenic Mechanism of HIV Infection0 DNA Probes- Overview- Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction- In Situ PCR- Needed Improvements0 Viral Load/Drug Resistance Testing0 Genotype and Phenotype Testing0 Blood Banking Considerationc. Vaccines and Drugs- Antiviral Drugs- Vaccines Against HIV0 Transmission of HIV in Blood Products0 HIV Transmission in Transplant andArtificial Insemination Recipients2. Adenovirusa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugsd. Adeno-Associated Viruses(AAV)3. Aeromonasa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs4. Anthrax/Bacillus Anthracisa. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

5. Arboviruses

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

6. Babesiosis

a. Background

7. Bacillary Epithelioid Angiomatosis (BEA)

And Other Bartonella (Rochalimaea)

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

8. Blastocystis Hominis

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

9. Brucella

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

10. Campylobacter

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 Identification from Culture

c. Vaccines and Drugs

11. Candida

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

12. Chagas Disease

a. Background

13. Chancroid

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

14. Chlamydia

a. Background

0 Chlamydia Psittaci

0 Chlamydia Pneumoniae0 Chlamydia Trachomatisb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs15. Clostridium Difficilea. Background0 Pediatric Infections0 Epidemiologyb. Diagnostic Tests0 Counterimmunoelectrophoresis0 Fluorescent-Antibody Assays0 Poloymerase Chain Reactionsc. Drugs and Vaccines16. Coronavirusesa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs17. Coxsackievirusesa. Background0 Herpangina0 Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome0 Hepidemic Conjuctivitis0 Pharingitis0 Epidemic Pleurodynia0 Myodarditis,Pericarditis0 Overwhelming Infection of the Newborn0 Acute Aseptic Meningitis0 Undifferentiated Febrile Illness0 Fever with upper respiratory infection0 Encephalitis0 Asymptomatic Infectionb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs18. Creutzfeldt-Jakob's Diseasea. Background0 Blood Transmissionb. Diagnostic Tests0 Major Commercial and Academic Players- Bayer

- Disease Sciences/Bio Tec Global

- Imperial College of Medicine

- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

- Pall

- ProMetic Life Sciences

- Proteome Sciences/Idexx

- Q-One Biotech

- Serono

- U.S. Agricultural Research Service

c. Vaccines

19. Cryptosporidium Parvum

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 Histologic

0 Laboratory Parasitology

0 Serodiagnosis

c. Vaccines and Drugs

20. Cyclospora Cayetanensis

a. Background

0 Asymptomatic Infection

0 Diarrhea in Immunocompetent Persons

0 Diarrhea in Immunocompromisedersons

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

21. Cytomegalovirus

a. Background

0 Chorioretinitis

0 Gastrointestinal

0 Central Nervous System Disease

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

22. Ebola Virus

a. Background

0 Epidemiology

0 Hemorrhagic Fever

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

23. E. Coli

a. Background

0 Role of Escherichia Coli inCausing Diarrhea0 EPEC0 ETEC0 EIEC0 EHECb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs24. EchoVirusa. Background0 Acute Aseptic Miningitisis0 Encephalitis0 Exanthems0 Respiratory Disease0 Myope;ricarditis0 Neonatal Infectionsb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs25. Encephalitisa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs26. Enterovirusesa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Tests0 Viral Isolation and Identification0 Antibody Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs27. Epstein-Barr Virusa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs28. Giardia Lambliaa. Background0 Life Cycle and Morphology0 Morphology of Trophozoites0 Clinical Diseaseb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs

29. Gonorrhea

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

30. Granuloma Inguinale

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

31. Hantavirus

a. Background

0 Identification of the Agent

0 Transmission

0 Other Rodent Hantaviruses

0 Distribution

0 Hantavirus Diseases

0 Epidemiology

0 Addendum in Proof-Northeastern Connection

0 Previously Unknown Pathogens

0 Cases Nationwide

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 An Immunohistochemistry Approach

0 Hantavirus Rapid Diagnostic Test

0 ELISA Diagnosis of Hantavirus Pulmonary

Syndrome

0 IgG ELISA

0 IgM Capture ELISA

c. Vaccines and Drugs

32. Helicobacter Pylori

a. Background

0 Pathogenesis

0 Role in Peptic Ulcer Disease

0 Role in Gastric Cancer

0 Nonulcer Dyspepsia

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

0 Specific Therapeutic Regimens

0 Who Should Be Treated?

0 Participants in Controlled Clinical Trials

0 Patients with Refractory Peptic Ulcer0 Patients with Refractory NUD0 Patients in High-Risk Groups for GastricCancer33. Hepatitisa. Backgroundb. Hepatitis Ac. Hepatitis Bd. Hepatitis C0 Classification0 Transmission of Infection0 Occupational Hazards0 Acute Hepatitis0 Diagnosis of Acute Infection0 Chronic Hepatitis0 HCV and Other Chronic Liver Diseases0 Alcoholic Liver Disease0 Hepatitis B Coinfection0 Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma0 Diagnostic Tests0 Possible Indications for HCV RNA Testing0 Conclusions and Future Directione. Hepatitis D0 Historical Perspective0 Epidemiology0 HBV-HDV "Coinfection" vs. "Superinfection"0 Methods of Detecting HDV0 Preventionf. Hepatitis E0 Background0 Prevalence of the Disease0 Diagnostic Tests0 Epidemiologic Serosurveys0 Serologic Cross-Reactivityg. Hepatitis G0 Vaccines and Drugs34. Herpes Simplex Virusa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs

35. Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6)

a. Background

0 HIV-6 Infections

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

36. Influenza Viruses

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

37. Legionella

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

38. Lyme Disease

a. Background

0 Clinical Description

0 Clinical Case Definition

0 Laboratory Criteria for Diagnosis

0 Case Classification

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

39. Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

40. Malaria

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 Potential Diagnositic Problems with Positive

Patients from Non-endemic Areas

- Patient

- Laboratory

- Physician

c. Vaccines and Drugs

41. Measles (Rubeola)

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

42. Meningitisa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs0 Development of Polysaccharide Vaccines0 Quadrivalent Vaccine Development0 Meningococcal A.C.Y. & W-135 Vaccines0 Efficacy of Group C Vaccine0 Efficacy of Group A Vaccine0 Combinations of Group A and C Vaccines0 Group B Efficacy Trials0 Future Direction43. Microsporidiuma. Background0 Prevalence and Geographic Distribution0 Sources of Human Infection and Transmissionb. Diagnostic Tests0 Light Microscopic Examination of StoolSpecimens By Chromotrope Staining0 Stool Concentration Methods0 Chemofluorescent Agents0 Giemsa Staining of Stool Specimens0 Cytologic Diagnosis0 Histologic Examination0 Electron Microscopy0 Examination of Bodily Fluids0 Examination of Tissue Sections0 Immunofluorescence Detection Procedures0 Serology0 Cell Culture0 Approach to Diagnosis0 Evaluation of Patients with PresumptiveIntestinal Microsporidiosis0 Evaluation of Patients with PresumptiveOcular Microsporidiosisc. Vaccines and Drugs44. Mononucleosisa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs

45. Mumps

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

0 Efficacy of Vaccination

0 Future Issues

46. Mycoplasma

a. Background

0 Ureaplasma Urealyticum & Mycoplasma Hominis

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

47. Papillomaviruses

a. Background

0 HPV in Cancer

0 Cervical Neoplasm

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

0 Prevention

48. Parvovirus B19

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

49. Pneumonia

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

50. Polyomaviruses

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

51. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

a. Background

0 Virulence Factors

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

52. Rabies

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

53. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)a. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs54. RhinoVirusesa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs55. RotaVirus (REOVIRUS)a. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs56. Rubella(MEASLES)a. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs0 Developing Countries0 Elimination and Eradication of Measles0 New Developments57. Salmonellosisa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs58. Septicemiaa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs59. Shigellosisa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs60. Staphylococcus Aureusa. Background0 The Genus Taphylococcusb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs0 Prevention61. Streptococcia. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

0 Group A Streptococci

0 Group B Streptococci

62. Syphilis

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 Biopsy

0 Rabbit Infectivity Testing

0 Other Diagnostic Modalities

c. Vaccines and Drugs

0 Syphilis and HIV Infection

0 Syphilis As a Cofactor for HIV Transmission

0 Basic Science Issues

63. Toxoplasmosis

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

64. Trichomonas Vaginalis

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

65. Tuberculosis

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

0 Microscopic Characteristics

0 Cultural Characteristics

0 Detection of Antibodies

0 Skin Tests

0 MDRTB

c. Vaccines and Drugs

66. Vibrio

a. Background

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

67. West Nile Virus

a. Background

- Clinical Syndromes

b. Diagnostic Tests

c. Vaccines and Drugs

68. Yersinaa. Backgroundb. Diagnostic Testsc. Vaccines and Drugs

List of Tables

Major Companies Developing or Marketing AIDS TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing AdenovirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing BartonellaTestsMajor Companies Developing or MarketingCampylobacter TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing CandidaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing ChlamydiaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing ClostridiumTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing CoronavirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing CryptosporidiumTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing CMV TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing EchovirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing EnterovirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing EBV Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Giardia

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Gonorrhea

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Hantavirus

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Helicobacter

Pylori Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Hepatitis

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Herpes

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Influenza

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Legionella

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Lyme Disease

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Lymphogranuloma

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Malaria

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Measles

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Meningitis

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing MicrosporidiumTestsMajor Companies Developing or MarketingMononucleosis TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing Mumps TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing MycoplasmaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing PapillomaVirus TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing ParvovirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing PneumoniaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing RSV TestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing RotavirusTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing RubellaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing SalmonellaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing SepticemiaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing ShigellaTestsMajor Companies Developing or Marketing StaphylococciTests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing

Streptococci Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Syphilis

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Toxoplasmosis

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Trichomonas

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing Tuberculosis

Tests

Major Companies Developing or Marketing West Nile

Tests