Idaho Technology, Inc., oddly based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is making available in Europe its FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FilmArray RP) that can detect up to 21 viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens within about an hour. The FilmArray RP that is already available in the U.S., and it has regulatory clearance for identifying 15 pathogen types.
Here are the 25 pathogens FilmArray RP can detect:
Adenovirus, Bocavirus, Coronavirus 229E, Coronavirus HKU1, Coronavirus NL63, Coronavirus OC43, Human Metapneumovirus, Influenza A, Influenza A subtype H1, Influenza A subtype H3, Influenza A subtype H1 2009, Influenza B, Parainfluenza virus 1, Parainfluenza virus 2, Parainfluenza virus 3, Parainfluenza virus 4, Rhinovirus/Enterovirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Press release: Idaho Technology Launches FilmArray(R) Respiratory Panel at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases…
Product page: FilmArray Respiratory Panel…