--- title: Diagnostic Precision Blog | Accuplex description: Accuplex | A SeraCare blog focused on precision medicine and advanced clinical diagnostics --- [![SeraCare](https://blog.seracare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/0.%20Logos/SeraCare/SeraCare.png?width=400&name=SeraCare.png "SeraCare")](https://www.seracare.com) - [Home](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs) - [About](https://digital.seracare.com/about-blog) - [News and Events](http://www.seracare.com/NewsEvents/NewsCenter/tabid/354/Default.aspx) - [Contact](http://www.seracare.com/Contact/tabid/366/Default.aspx) ## [Diagnostic Precision](https://blog.seracare.com/) A SeraCare blog focused on precision medicine and advanced clinical diagnostics Choose your Article Focus | [NGS](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs) | [Molecular & Serology](https://blog.seracare.com/molecular-serology-blog) ## [Ebola Outbreak 2018: Diagnostics Again are Essential to Minimize Spread and to Control Disease](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/ebola-outbreak-2018-diagnostics-again-are-essential-to-minimize-spread-and-to-control-disease) Category: [Accuplex](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/accuplex), [reference materials](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/reference-materials) Posted by [Catherine Huang, PhD](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/author/catherine-huang-phd) on Jun 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM [![](https://blog.seracare.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ebola%20outbreak2018.png)](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/ebola-outbreak-2018-diagnostics-again-are-essential-to-minimize-spread-and-to-control-disease) On April 4th, 2018, a new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) occurred in Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of June 10th, there have been a total of 55 EVD cases and 28 deaths with a case fatality rate of 50.9%. Although the outbreak remains active, public health authorities have expressed cautious optimism because there have been no new cases in two of the three affected areas (Bikoro and Wangata zones) since May 17th, 2018 and the rate of new cases in the third affected zone (Iboko) has slowed.1 [Read More](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/ebola-outbreak-2018-diagnostics-again-are-essential-to-minimize-spread-and-to-control-disease) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/ebola-outbreak-2018-diagnostics-again-are-essential-to-minimize-spread-and-to-control-disease#comments-listing) ## [Improve the Reliability of Your Zika Diagnostic Assays](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/improve-the-reliability-of-your-zika-diagnostic-assays) Category: [zika virus](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/zika-virus), [Accuplex](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/accuplex) Posted by [Vidya Murthy](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/author/vidya-murthy) on May 19, 2017 12:00:00 AM [![](https://blog.seracare.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/zika_Virus_Vaccines_iStock-654573066.jpg)](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/improve-the-reliability-of-your-zika-diagnostic-assays) What is Zika? Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus that was first isolated in 1947 in a rhesus monkey from the Zika forest of Uganda. Until 2007, only 14 human cases were reported. The first large human outbreak occurred in 2007 (Yap Island, Micronesia, Pacific) followed by French Polynesia in 2013 that resulted in more than 30,000 cases. In early 2015, the virus came to international attention due to the outbreak in Brazil. Since then the epidemic has spread to more than 50 countries in the Caribbean, Central, and South America, causing tens of thousands of infections. ZIKV is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito (Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus). These are the same mosquitoes that spread dengue and chikungunya. ZIKV can also be transmitted sexually and during pregnancy from the infected mother to the fetus. [Read More](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/improve-the-reliability-of-your-zika-diagnostic-assays) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/improve-the-reliability-of-your-zika-diagnostic-assays#comments-listing) ## [SeraCare introduces AccuPlex™ Zika Reference Material](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/seracare-introduces-accuplex-zika-reference-material) Category: [zika virus](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/zika-virus), [clinical genomics](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/clinical-genomics), [Accuplex](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/accuplex) Posted by [Dale Yuzuki](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/author/dale-yuzuki) on May 10, 2016 12:00:00 AM [![](https://blog.seracare.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/160506_Zika_virus.jpg)](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/seracare-introduces-accuplex-zika-reference-material) Guest author: Han Joo Lee, Ph.D., SeraCare Technical Product Manager A cursory look at recent Zika Virus outbreak news headlines is alarming enough: “Zika Virus birth defects may be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’, experts say”; “Brain damage in Zika babies is far worse than doctors expected”; and “Zika mutates extremely quickly, which is why it’s so scary”. In addition, for the United States the estimated range maps of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have been recently updated, widening the range previously reported to all but 10 states within the US. [Read More](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/seracare-introduces-accuplex-zika-reference-material) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/seracare-introduces-accuplex-zika-reference-material#comments-listing) ## [Posters from AMP 2015 Available for Download](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/home/tabid/294/artmid/989/articleid/21/posters-from-amp-2015-available-for-download.aspx) Category: [AMP](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/amp), [SeraSeq](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/seraseq), [NIPT](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/nipt), [Molecular Pathology](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/molecular-pathology), [cancer](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/cancer), [LDT](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/ldt), [Accuplex](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/tag/accuplex) Posted by [Dale Yuzuki](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/author/dale-yuzuki) on Nov 9, 2015 12:00:00 AM [![](https://blog.seracare.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AMP_Posters.jpg)](https://blog.seracare.com/ngs/home/tabid/294/artmid/989/articleid/21/posters-from-amp-2015-available-for-download.aspx) The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) was founded 'to provide structure and leadership to the emerging field of molecular diagnostics', and publishes the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 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