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Graduate OpportunitiesSUNY students are routinely involved in projects such as working in the insectary, studying mosquito fitness and competence, and utilizing molecular and cellular techniques in virology, all while learning how to work…

The insectary is a 5000 square foot facility that houses multiple Culex and Aedes spp. mosquitoes, among others. It contains 5 programmable, environmentally controlled rooms, multiple free-standing chambers, dissecting microscopes and extensive…

The Fast Track program, initiated in 1993, sought to apply rapid tuberculosis testing methods to primary specimens from a target group of highly infectious patients. Today, the Mycobacteriology Laboratory universally applies rapid test methods and…

The Wadsworth Center is a reference laboratory. Use local or commercial laboratory services whenever available. Call the Order Desk at (518) 474-4175 to order kits to be tested at the Wadsworth Center. Primary patient specimens Respiratory…

Whole Genome Sequencing Tuberculosis (TB) actively infects more than 8 million people worldwide and causes over a million deaths each year.  In recent years, there has been an increase in the prevalence of drug resistant strains of…

National Tuberculosis Centers: The Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC) The Heartland National Tuberculosis Center New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center…

The Wadsworth Center is a reference laboratory. Use local or commercial laboratory services whenever available.Call the Order Desk at (518) 474-4175 to order kits to be tested at the Wadsworth Center.Test MenuYeast IdentificationMALDI-TOF-MS, ITS-…

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TrainingThe Mycology Laboratory provides training to visiting scientists from academia and public health laboratories on classical, molecular and new emerging technologies pertaining to fungal pathogens.EducationIn addition, graduate and post-…

Tests Performedfluorescent antibody test on punch biopsy of skin from the nuchal regionfluorescent antibody test on corneal impressionsin vitro virus isolation from salivavirus neutralization assay on serum, for evidence of rabies antibodyvirus…

**UPDATE** We will no longer accept specimens collected in lavender top/EDTA tubes.Who can submit specimens?Testing of human serology specimens for rabies antibody: the Rabies Laboratory will test human serology specimens from employees of…

Changes in Weekend/Holiday Staffing at the Rabies LaboratoryBeginning on January 9, 2017, the New York State Department of Health Rabies Laboratory will no longer routinely staff the laboratory on weekends or holidays unless the Bureau of…

Data from all Rabies Laboratory specimen submissions are available for browsing, download, and analysis at Health Data NY. Click here for current and historical data. Monthly Specimen Reports are available to the county health…

The Rabies laboratory provides a unique opportunity to graduates and post-doctoral candidates including Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowships and students from the State University of New York, University at Albany College of Integrated Health…

History in New York StateRabies in New York State was initially a disease carried by domestic dogs, a problem brought to all of North America by European settlers in the 1700s. With the advent of record keeping in the 1930s, reported cases of animal…

The Wadsworth Center Bacteriology Laboratory serves as the New York State (NYS) public health reference laboratory providing bacterial identification and characterization. The laboratory’s unique public health services for reference level…