Extragenital Tests to Detect Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Cleared for Marketing
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2019 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing two tests that detect the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae with diagnostic testing of extragenital specimens.
The Aptima Combo 2... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 29, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
That & #039;s a First: FDA Tackles STDs, Zika, and Prosthetic Joint Infection
The U.S. diagnostic market celebrated three regulatory firsts last week.Â
1. FDA Authorizes Marketing of First Zika Test
Until now, tests for detecting Zika virus immunoglobulin (IgM) antibodies in blood were only authorized for emergency use under FDA's Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) authority. On Thursday, the agency said it has authorized marketing of the ZIKV Detect 2.0 IgM Capture ELISA under the agency's traditional premarket authority. The test is manufactured by InBios International.
“At the onset of the Zika virus outbreak, when little was known about the disease or how...
Source: MDDI - May 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Regulatory and Compliance IVD Source Type: news
FDA Clears Assays for Extragenital Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Testing FDA Clears Assays for Extragenital Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Testing
The Aptima Combo 2 Assay and the Xpert CT/NG are the first tests cleared for diagnostic testing for Chlamydia and gonorrhea via throat and rectal samples.FDA Approvals (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - May 23, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: Infectious Diseases News Alert Source Type: news
UNC and partners receive up to $10.7 million to research chlamydia vaccine
(University of North Carolina Health Care) Chlamydia is the most prevalent bacterial STI in the world. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers, in partnership with colleagues at sites in the US, Europe and Australia, will receive up to $10.7 million over five years from the NIH to move closer to identifying a vaccine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 9, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NIH awards will advance development of vaccines for sexually transmitted infections
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) today announced awards to establish four Cooperative Research Centers (CRCs) focused on developing vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The grants, totaling $41.6 million over five years, will support collaborative, multidisciplinary research on the bacteria that cause syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. At the end of the program, each center is expected to identify at least one candidate vaccine ready for testing in clinical trials. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 9, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among MSM Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among MSM
This report indicates that extragenital, asymptomatic chlamydia or gonorrhea is not uncommon in sexually active men who have sex with men.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - April 29, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Prevalence of Extragenital STDs High in Men Who Have Sex With Men
FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 -- Extragenital (rectal and pharyngeal) chlamydia and gonorrhea are prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to research published in the April 12 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 12, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Community Venue--Attending Men Who Have Sex with Men --- Five Cities, United States, 2017
In 2017, approximately one in eight men who have sex with men had an extragenital chlamydial or gonococcal infection. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 11, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Chlamydia HIV/AIDS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report STDs (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Source Type: news
Study reports on bacterial STIs among men using PrEP
This study, which included nearly 3,000 mostly gay and bisexual men in Australia who received daily HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), reports on the association of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by describing diagnoses of chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis among the men and behavioral risk factors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 9, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
ERC Advanced Grant for Thomas Rudel
(University of W ΓΌ rzburg) Professor Thomas Rudel receives a high-ranking award from the European Research Council. The microbiologist will receive€2.5 million for a new project to investigate pathogenic Chlamydia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
STD rates soar to record high driven by rising rates among over-40s
The new analysis from Health Testing Centers has found that rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are rising among Americans above age 40 and that Alaska has the highest infection rates. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibiotics for treating urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men and nonpregnant women
This review of 14 RCTs (n=2715) concludes in men, regimens with azithromycin are less effective than doxycycline for microbiological failure, but no difference for clinical failure; in women, it is uncertain whether azithromycin vs doxycycline increases risk of microbiological failure (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Two STIs Confer Similar Risks for Reproductive Problems
(MedPage Today) -- Research on gonorrhea finds similar risks for ectopic pregnancy, tubal infertility as chlamydia (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 26, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Epidemiological model lends insight to chlamydia outbreak in Japan
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Mathematical models that quantify the dynamics of infectious diseases are crucial predictive tools for the control of ongoing and future outbreaks. In an article publishing on Feb. 19 in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, a publication of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Toshikazu Kuniya studies the global behavior of a multi-group SIR epidemic model with age structure and uses the model to estimate the basic reproduction number for Japan's chlamydia outbreak. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 19, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections - Why South Africa Isn't Winning
[The Conversation Africa] Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious public health issue. It's estimated that globally, more than a million people are diagnosed with one or more sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhoea, chlamydia or syphilis every day. What's more concerning is that the prevalence of infection with chlamydia for example, have remained unchanged over the past 10 years despite better screening in developed countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
