Clinical Education Center

Newborn screen for MPS I (Hurler syndrome) – The Washington, DC experience

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Tanpaiboon, P
Authors: Grant C, T Lal TR, Crosby K, Hicks R, Viall S, Tanpaiboon P
Event: 2019: Lysosomal Disease Research & Conference. Orlando, FL, February 4 - 8, 2019

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics

A case of AMPAR2 encephalitis with impaired cognition

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Naides, SJ
Authors: Saadatpour L, Sullivan AC, Naides, SJ, Parker AS
Event: 2019 South Texas Alzheimer's Conference. San Antonio, TX, February 25 - 26, 2019

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Neurology

Measuring trends in hepatitis C testing with commercial laboratory data

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Kaufman, HW
Authors: Canary L, Thompson WW, Nelson NP, Kaufman H
Event: ISDS 2019: International Society for Disease Surveillance - Annual Conference. San Diego, CA, January 29 - February 1, 2019

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Laboratory

Changing National and Regional Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBV) among Reproductive-Aged Women and Children in the U.S., 2011-2017

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Chen, Z, Kaufman, HW
Authors: Kushner T, Chen Z, Tressler S, Kaufman H, Jones-López EC, Feinberg J, Terrault N
Event: AASLD 2018: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. San Francisco, CA, November 9-13, 2018

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Adjusting the pH of urine samples provides a more accurate measurement of cytomegalovirus viral load by correcting stability of the nucleic acid in urine samples

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Galdzicka , M
Authors: Galdzicka M, Strong J
Event: 2018 Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting & Expo. San Antonio, TX, November 1-3, 2018

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Correlation of Quantitative Hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels as an indicator of viral clearance

Authors: Lapé Nixon ML,, Kagan RM, Schwab DA,, Pesano RL,, Baumann RE., Batterman HJ.
Event: ACG 2018: American College of Gastroenterology. Philadelphia, PA, October 5-10, 2018

Specialties: Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease

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Hepatitis C Virus in Women of Child-bearing Age, Pregnant Women and Young Children

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Kaufman, HW
Authors: Schillie SF,, Canary L, Koneru A, Nelson NP,, Tanico W, Kaufman KW., Hariri S,, Vellozzi CJ.
Event: ID Week 2018. San Francisco, October 3-7, 2018

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

Retesting rates after a positive Chlamydia trachomatis test result: experience from a large clinical reference laboratory

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Alagia, DP, Waters, S, Wrenn, D
Authors: Alagia P, Waters SM, Okoye I, Wrenn D
Event: CDC STD Prevention Conference 2018. Washington, DC, August 27- 30

Specialties: Clinical and Lab healthcare professionals, Infectious Disease, Laboratory, Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Influence of age on bordetella pertussis antibody levels in blood donor sera collected in 2009 and 2017

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Schwab, D
Authors: Prince HE, Schwab DA
Event: AMLI 31st Annual Meeting, 2018: The Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists. Scottsdale, AZ, August 17-20, 2018

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Temporal Patterns of Troponin I and Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Cryptococcus gattii Infection

Quest Diagnostics Authors: Hoekstra, K
Authors: Hoekstra, K
Event: AACC 2018: Am Assoc for Clin Chemistry. Chicago, IL, July 29 - Aug 2

Specialties: Infectious Disease