Public Health Regional Laboratory: Testing Services

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Microbial Disease Tests

• Enteric culture for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, vibrio, E. coli 0157:H7
• B. pertussis (whooping cough) culture and RT-PCR
• TPPA (Treponema) Syphilis serology confirmation
• VDRL Syphilis serology screening
• Gonorrhea or Chlamydia NAAT
• Mycology (fungus) culture
• Mycology (fungus) I.D.
• Tuberculosis (molecular testing can be ordered for smear-positive samples)

Tick Panel Tests

• Tick Test for Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
• Lyme disease screening EIA
• Lyme disease Western Blot IgM
• Lyme disease Western Blot IgG
• Ehrlichia chafeensis serology
• Ehrlichia H.G.E. serology
• Rickettsia typhi
• Rickettsia rickettsii
• Babesia duncani (WA-1) serology
• Babesia microti serology

Virus Tests

• Chlamydia or Gonorrhea NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplified Test)
• Measles virus detection by RT-PCR
• Mumps virus by RT-PCR
• Influenza virus by RT-PCR
• Norovirus by RT-{CR
• Rabies test
• West Nile virus serology
• R-Mix respiratory virus, includes:
• Influenza A
• Influenza B
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Adenovirus
• Parainfluenza 1
• Parainfluenza 2
• Parainfluenza 3
• Metapneumovirus

Environmental Laboratory Tests

• Colilert: presence/absence (routine well testing)
• Colilert Quantitray
• Enterolert Quantitray
• Ocean study
• Total coliform 15 tube
• Fecal coliform 15 tube
• Shellfish water 15 tube
• Shellfish, oyster meat
• Food poisoning organisms (call for more information)