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China has reported an increase in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections, a common seasonal virus similar to influenza or RSV. It mainly affects children, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals, causing mild symptoms such as cough and fever in healthy people. HMPV spreads through direct contact or contaminated surfaces, with peaks in winter and spring. Experts stress...

On November 13-14, the XXVII AVEDILA Symposium was held at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, organised this year by NEIKER – the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development. The symposium was attended by 120 delegates from more than 40 institutions, including laboratories, technology centres, universities, and companies. The opening ceremony featured, in order of...

Last week, from the 21st to the 23rd of October, the 7th Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (EAVLD) was held at the Congress Centre in the Italian city of Padua. This 7th edition of the EAVLD saw 378 delegates registered, with 45 oral presentations and 260 poster presentations, supported by 26...

Since last January, GPS™ has been part of the Technical Standardisation Committee for Animal Diagnostic Analysis CTN-UNE 331 and the international committee CEN/TC 469/WG1 Animal health diagnostic analysis, participating in European standardisation initiatives for the control of diagnostic reagents in animal health. On Tuesday, 17th of September, the fifth meeting of the Technical Standardisation Committee...

The Clinical Environmental Biosafety System: Monitoring the Risk of Nosocomial Infection project (NOSOBIOSAFE) has developed and validated an advanced system for the rapid and precise detection of nosocomial pathogens in hospital air and surfaces. Throughout the course of the project, an optimized sampling protocol was developed, integrating sample collection through cyclonic samplers with qPCR-based detection....

Once again, after the outbreak in 2022, the Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is rapidly spreading in the central and western region of Africa. Last Wednesday 14th of August 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) determined that this new outbreak of Monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). During the first half of 2024,...

It is probably the biggest event in poultry science in 2024 and we’ve been there. We are talking about the XVI European Poultry Congress (EPC) in Valencia, Spain. On Monday 24th of June, Calier invited Dr. Antonio Martínez-Murcia from genetic PCR solutions™ to their satellite event on ‘Advances in Salmonella Vaccination’ as a speaker to...

Dr. Antonio Martinez-Murcia has always been pioneering early scientific contributions in phylogeny and genetic testing methods of application in prokaryotic systematics. Is the co-author of more than 100 scientific publications, book chapters, a patented PCR method (1994), co-director of 8 doctoral theses, and the description of 16 new bacterial species. Now, he has been mentioned...

Dr. Antonio Martínez-Murcia from University Miguel Hernández and director of Genetic PCR solutions™ will make a keynote lecture as an invited speaker about “Phylogenetic diversity and current taxonomy of the genus Mycobacterium: consequences for the diagnosis of tuberculosis” in the 7th congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (EAVLD) in the Italian city of Padua the upcoming 21st of October. If...

Entamoeba gingivalis, Streptococcus equi subsp. equi, Rhodococcus equi and Legionella pneumophila serotype 1 new qPCR kit designed, produced and validated by GPS™. Available in format F100 and MONODOSE. genetic PCR solutions™ is a Spansih R&D company with its own technology and national manufacturing. Entamoeba gingivalis Streptococcus equi subsp. equi Rhodococcus equi Legionella pneumophila serotype 1...