MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS

Overview of the diseases covered

Enzyme immunoassay (EIA), is a biochemical technique used mainly in immunology to detect the presence of an antibody or an antigen in a sample. Diseases and other conditions where such techniques are widely used include Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus, Human T-cell Lymphotropic, Human Papilloma Virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and its rifampicin, human CFTR gene, etc. This is boradly classified into:

• Infectious Diseases - Caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi –HIV, Hepatitis, Cholera, Tuberculosis, etc.
• Genetic Testing - Also called DNA-based tests is among the newest and most sophisticated of technique used to test for genetic disorders which involves direct examination of the DNA molecule itself.
• Transplantation
• Neurodegeneration-Alzheimer’s diseases amongst others
• Oncology