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altona helps fight hep

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day, one of WHO’s officially mandated global public health days. Every year over 1 million people are dying from a hepatitis related illness, although many of these deaths could be prevented by early detection and appropriate treatment. altona Diagnostics provides four different AltoStar® ready-to-use test kits for the detection of acute and chronic viral hepatitis via real-time PCR technology. A fifth AltoStar kit, for the detection of Hepatitis D, is currently under development.

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Available now: new FlexStar® LDT (RT-)PCR Detection Mix 1.5 (RUO)

The FlexStar® LDT (RT-)PCR Detection Mix 1.5 (RUO) is out now. This detection mix is designed for the real-time PCR based amplification and detection of nucleic acids. Specific primer and probes for the amplification and detection of different pathogen combinations can be added as needed to create a lab developed test (LDT). A CE-IVD version is under development.

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altona supports fighting Chagas disease with PCR test kit

On the 14th of April is World Chagas disease Day. Chagas is a neglected tropical disease and is endemic in about 21 countries in the Americas. It is vector-borne and caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite. With the RealStar® Chagas PCR Kit 1.0 altona Diagnostics provides an in vitro diagnostic test for the qualitative detection of T. cruzi specific DNA.

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