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Ruhuna-Duke Centre for Infectious Diseases (RDCID) – advancing research in infectious diseases for better community health.

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Ongoing Testing

PCR-based testing

  • Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses (trioplex assay)
  • Leptospira spp
  • Orientia tsutsumagushi (scrub typhus)
  • Dengue serotyping

 

Antigen-based testing

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen rapid test
  • Influenza A/B rapid test
  • SARS-CoV-2 rapid test 

 

In addition, given our prior experience and research studies, we have the capacity to conduct the following testing:

 

 

Viral testing

  • SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PCR
  • Influenza PCR
  • Adenovirus PCR
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) PCR
  • Dengue NS1 rapid antigen test 
  • Dengue IgM/ IgG ELISA test 

 

Bacterial testing

  • Microbiological identification of bacterial organisms using diverse human specimen types such as sputum, blood, pus, and urine
  • Microbiological identification of bacterial organisms from samples collected from animals, food, soil, and water
  • Antibiotic susceptibility testing by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion and E-tests (including for multidrug-resistant organisms such as MRSA and ESBL+ organisms)
  • S.aureus identification by PCR
  • Spa typing and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for MRSA by PCR
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae serotyping by PCR