Facility Details

The Pathogen Detection and Quantification Core (PDQC) provides services for maintaining the SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) status in macaque breeding colonies. Services include antibody detection in serum or plasma by Luminex-based assays and /or ELISA for SPF-agents like SIV, SRV, STLV, B virus, SFV. CMV, RRV, SVV, SV40, and LCV, and non-SPF infectious agents like measles, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Tripanosoma cruzi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2. The PDQC also offers services of cytokines quantification, and molecular assays for detection of SRV, CMV, SFV, and RRV. In addition, the PDQC performs nucleic acid purification from blood and tissue samples as well as qPRC for SIV viral load in plasma, cells, or tissue.