Laboratory Testing Services Manual - Laboratory Tests for Diseases and Agents

Arbovirus (Culture-Identification)

Arbovirus IgM EIA, St. Louis Encephalitis and West Nile
Arizona Salmonella (Arizona) Culture (Isolation)
Arizona Salmonella (Arizona) Culture (Identification)
Ascariasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Aspergillosis (Culture-Isolation)
Aspergillosis (Culture-Identification)

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Babesiosis (Serological)
Babesiosis (Microscopic - Stain)

Bacillus, (Definitive Identification) 

Bacillus anthracis (Culture - Isolation)
Bacillus cereus (Culture-Isolation)
Balantidiasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration)
Baywaters (Seafood and Aquatic Life)
Bioterrorism agents (Environmental - Isolation)
Bioterrorism agents (Clinical-Isolation)
Bioterrorism agents (Referred - Identification)
Bioterrorism agents (Referred Identification - PCR)
Blastocystis hominis (Microscopic - Driect Concentration and Trichrome stain)
Blastomycosis (Culture-Isolation)
Blastomycosis (Culture-Genetic Probe (Culture Confirmation)
Bordetella pertussis PCR
Botulism Culture-(Isolation)
Botulism Culture (Toxic Detection)
Botulism Culture (Toxin Typing)
Botulism Serological (Toxin Detection)

Botulinum (Toxin Assay)

Botulism (Serological-Toxin Typing)
Brevetoxin Seafood and Aquatic Life
Brucellosis (Culture-Isolation)
Brucellosis (Culture-Identification)
Brucellosis (Serological-Agglutination)

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Calicivirus
Caifornia Encephalitis (Culture-Isolation) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation) 
California Encephalitis (Culture-Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation) 
California Encephalitis (Serological)
Campylobacter Culture-(Isolation)
Campylobacter spp. identification
Candidiasis (Culture-Isolation)
Candidiasis (Culture-Identification)
Chagas’ Disease (Serological)
Chancroid (Culture-Identification)
Chicken Pox (See Varicella-Zoster Virus) 

Chikungunya Virus, IgM

Chlamydia (Genetic Probe)
Cholera (Culture-Isolation)
Cholera (Culture–Identification)
Cholera (Culture-Typing)
Cholera (Culture - Toxin Testing)
Cholera (Serological-Vibriocidal Antibody)
Chromoblastomycosis (Culture - Isolation)
Chromoblastomycosis (Culture - Identification)
Clonorchiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Clostridium botulinum See Botulism Culture –(Isolation) and Botulism Culture (Toxin Detection)
Clostridium difficile (Culture- Identification)
Clostridium perfringens (Culture - Isolation)
Clostridium perfringens (Culture Identification)
Clostridium perfringens (Culture Toxin Detection)
Clostridium perfringens (Culture - Typing)
Coccidioidomycosis (Culture-Isolation)
Coccidioidomycosis (Culture-Genetic Probe - Culture Confirmation)

Coliform Counts Dairy products- Milk and Dairy
Coliform-Total Colilert
Colorado Tick Fever (Serological)
Coronavirus (Serological)
Coxsackievirus (Culture-Isolation) See Enterovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Coxsackievirus (Culture-Typing) See Enterovirus (Culture-Typing)

Cronobacter sakazakii – Identification
Cryptococcosis (- Isolation)
Cryptococcosis (Culture - Identification)
Cryptosporidiosis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration Acid Fast Stain)
Cyclospora sp. (Microscopic-Direct Concentration Heat Infused Acid Fast)
Cysticercosis (Serological)
Cysticercosis (Taenia Solium) (Microscopic-Direct Stained Slides)
Cytomegalovirus (Culture - Isolation)
Cytomegalovirus (Culture - Identification)
Cytomegalovirus (Microscopic-Electron Microscopy)

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Dengue Fever (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay (IgM capture and IgG)
Dermatomycosis (Culture - Isolation)
Dermatomycosis (Culture - Identification)
Dientamoeba fragilis (Microscopic-Trichrome Stains)
Diphtheria Culture - (Isolation)
Diphtheria Culture  - (Identification)
Diphtheria Culture - (Toxigenicity)
Diphyllobothriasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Dysentery, Amebic (See Amebiasis.)
Dysentery, Bacillary (See Shigellosis Culture (Isolation)

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Eastern Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Isolation) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation) 
For arbovirus surveillance program, see Mosquitoes (Culture – Virus Isolation) 
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation)

Ebola Zaire PCR

Echinococcosis (Serological)
Echinococcosis (Microscopic - Direct)
Echovirus (Culture-Isolation) See Enterovirus (Culture - Isolation)
Echovirus (Culture-Typing) See Enterovirus (Culture-Typing)
Enteric Bacteria (See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture, Stool (Isolation))

Enteric identification – Culture 
Enterobiasis-Pin Worm (Microscopic - Direct)
Enterovirus (Culture - Isolation)
Enterovirus (Culture-Typing)
Erysipeloid (Culture-Isolation)
Erysipeloid (Culture-Identification)
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Culture (Isolation)
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Culture (Identification)
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 or other Shiga toxin E. coli (Toxin Testing)
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 or other Shiga toxin E. coli Culture (Typing)

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Farmer’s Lung (Culture - Isolation)
Farmer’s Lung (Culture - Identification)
Farmer’s Lung (Serological)
Fasciolopsis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Fifth Disease (See Parvovirus)

Names of Related Agents: Parvovirus B19 

Fecal Coliform MPN (Seafood and Aquatic Life)
Filariasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa Stain)

Food Analysis: Cyclospora, PCR

Food Poisoning (Culture - Isolation)
Food (Culture –(Identification)
Food (Pathogens –(Isolation)
Food Poisoning Culture (Toxin Detection)

Francisella tularemia Antibodies

Francisella tularensis (Culture—Isolation) See Tularemia (Culture - Isolation) 
Francisella tularensis (Culture—Identification) See Tularemia (Culture - Identification)

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Giardiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Gonorrhea  (Culture - Isolation)
Gonorrhea (Culture - Identification)(Neisseria spp. Identification)
Gonorrhea (Culture - Genetic Probe) 

Gram-negative rod identification – (Culture)
Granuloma Inguinale (Microscopic - Direct)

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Haemophilus species  (Culture - Identification)

Haemophilus influenzae serotyping 
Hansen’s Disease (see Leprosy)
Hantavirus (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
Hepatitis A, IgM (Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for the Detection of Anti Hepatitis A Antibodies (IgG and IgM) in Human Serum Specimens)

Hepatitis A, Total (Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for the Detection of total Anti-Hepatitis A Antibodies (IgG and IgM) in Human Serum)
Hepatitis B Core Antibody (Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for the Detection of Antibodies to Hepatitis B Core in Human Serum Specimens)

Hepatitis B Core IgM Antibody
Hepatitis C (HCV)
Herpes Simplex (Culture - Isolate)
Herpes Simplex (Culture - Identification)
Herpes Zoster (see Varicella) 

High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
Histoplasmosis (Culture - Isolation)
Histoplasmosis (Culture-Genetic Probe Confirmation)
HIV-1, Screen (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
HIV-1, Confirmation (Serological-Western Blot)
HIV-2, Screen (Serological)
HTLV-I-II (Serological)
Hookworm (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)

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Influenza Real-Time RT-PCR

Influenza (Culture-Isolation)
Influenza (Culture-Typing)
Isopora species (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
Isopora species (Microscopic-Acid Fast Stain)

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Legionellosis (Culture - Isolation)
Legionellosis (Culture - Identification)
Legionellosis (Culture - Typing)
Legionellosis (Serological - Immunofluorescence)
Legionellosis (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
Legionnaires’ Disease See Legionellosis Culture (Isolation)
Leishmaniasis (Culture-Isolation)
Leishmaniasis (PCR-CDC through TDH)
Leishmaniasis (Serological)
Leishmaniasis (Microscopic-Giemsa Stain)
Leishmaniasis (Microscopic-H & E Stain)
Leprosy (Microscopic and Animal Studies)
Leptospirosis (Serological)
Listeriosis (Culture - Isolation)

Listeria species (Identification 
Listeriosis (Culture - Typing)
Loiasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa Stains)
Lobomycosis (Culture - Isolation)
Lobomycosis (Culture - Identification)
Lobomycosis (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (Serological)

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Malaria (Serological)
Malaria (Microscopic-Direct Stain Giemsa)
Measles (See Rubeola)
Melioidosis Culture (Isolation) See also  Aerobic Bacterial Culture (Isolation)
Melioidosis (Culture-Identification) See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture, (Identification)
Meningitis, Amebic See Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
Meningitis, Meningococcal Culture (Isolation)
Meningitis, Meningococcal Culture (Identification)
Meningitis, Meningococcal Culture (Grouping)
Microsporidiosis (Microscopic-Modified Trichrome Stain)
Milk, Quality Check (Culture- SPC)

Milk, Quality Check (Aflatoxin M1)

Milk, Quality Check (Growth Inhibitors- Charm ROSA Tetracycline-SL- Milk and Dairy)

Milk, Quality Check  (Phosphates Flurometer)

Milk and Dairy: Freezing Point

Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, Charm 3 SL-3 Beta Lactams 

Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, Charm SLBL Beta Lactam

Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, (Delvo Test)

Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, (Charm SL Sulfonamides)

Milk and Dairy (Somatic Cell Count DMSCC Cow) 

Milk, Quality Check (Somatic Cell Count- ESCC Cow)

Milk, Quality Check (Somatic cell counts DMSCC Goat) 

Milk, Quality Check (Somatic cell counts ESCC Goat)
Milk, Quality Check (Pathogens)
Molecular typing (PFGE)
Mosquitoes (Identification only)
Mosquitoes (Culture-Virus Isolation/Detection and Identification)
Mumps (Culture - Isolation)
Mumps (Culture - Identification)
Mumps (Serological - Enzyme Immunoassay for IgG)
Mumps (Serological - Immunofluorescence assay for IgM)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Isolation)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Identification)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Primary Drug Panel)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Secondary Drug Panel)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Pyrazinamide Only)
Mycobacteriosis (Culture - Isolation - Direct Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
Mycobacteriosis (Microscopic - Truant’s Stain)
Mycetoma (Culture - Isolation)
Mycetoma (Culture - Identification)
Mycoplasmosis (Serological)

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Naegleria fowleri (Identification and Culture) See also Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis  (PAM)

Neisseria meningitidis serotyping
Nocardiosis (Culture - Isolation)
Nocardiosis (Culture - Identification)
Nosocomial Infections
Norovirus (Norwalk-like Virus) (see Calicivirus)

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Ornithosis (see Psittacosis) Names of Related Agents: Psittacosis, Parrot Fever

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Salmonellosis (Culture – Isolation)

Salmonella spp. – Identification 

Salmonella spp. – Serotyping 

Salmonellosis (Culture – Typing)
Shistosomiasis (Serological)
Schistosomiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Schistosomiasis (Microscopic-Urine Filtration)
Shigellosis (Culture Isolation)
Shigella spp. – Identification 
Shigellosis (Culture Typing)
Sporotrichosis (Culture-Isolation)
Sporotrichosis (Culture-Identification)
Sporotrichosis (Serological)
St. Louis Encephalitis (Culture - Isolation): See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation) Names of Related Agents: Arbovirus, SLE 
St. Louis Encephalitis (Culture - Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Identification)

St. Louis Encephalitis (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay (IgM capture and IgG) 

Standard Plate Counts Dairy products - Milk and Dairy

Standard Plate Count (Shellfish)

Strep Screen (Type B only)

Streptococci identification – Culture 
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Culture - Typing) See Pneumococcus

Syphilis Screen, Total

Syphilis (Serological-Rapid Plasma Reagin Card)
Syphilis [Serological-Treponema pallidum - Particle Agglutination (TP-PA)]
Syphilis (Serological-Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)

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Taeniasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration Clearing)
Tapeworm, Other Diphyllobothrium latum, Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta (Microscopic-Clearing Exam)
Tetanus (Culture - Isolation) See also Anaerobic Bacterial Culture, Special (Isolation) 
Tetanus (Culture - Identification) See also  Anaerobic Bacterial Culture (Identification)
Toxocariasis (Serological - Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)
Toxoplasmosis (Microscopic - Giemsa Stain)
Trachoma (Culture - Isolation) See Chlamydia (Culture - Isolation)
Trachoma (Culture - Identification) See Chlamydia (Culture - Identification)
Trachoma (Culture-DNA Probe) See also Chlamydia (Genetic Probe)
Trachoma (Serological)
Trichinelliasis (Serological)
Trichinelliasis (Microscopic - Direct)
Trichuriasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration Exam ID)
Trypanosomiasis (Culture)
Trypanosomiasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa stained)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Isolation)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Identification)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Primary Drug Panel)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Secondary Drug Panel)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Pyrazinamide Only)
Tuberculosis (Culture - Isolation - Direct Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
Tuberculosis (Microscopic-Truant’s Stain)
Tuberculosis (Culture - DNA Fingerprinting)
Tularemia (Culture - Isolation)
Tularemia (Culture - Identification)
Tularemia (Serological - Agglutination)
Typhoid Fever See Salmonellosis (Culture - Identification) For serotyping see Salmonellosis (Culture - Typing)
Typhus (Serological-Immunofluorescence) Names of Related Agents: Rickettsia, Murine typhus

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Undulant Fever For clinical specimen testing see Brucellosis (Culture - Isolation) For referred cultures see Brucellosis  (Culture - Identification)
Urethritis (Culture-Isolation)
Urethritis (Culture-Identification) For clinical culture studies see Gonorrhea  (Culture - Isolation) For probe testing, see Gonorrhea (Culture - Genetic Probe)

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Varicella (Culture-Isolation)
Varicella (Culture-Identification)
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Isolation) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Identification)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other Vibrio species (Culture-Identification)
Vibrio cholerae, (Culture-Identification)
Vibrio cholerae, (Toxin Studies)

Vibrio cholera (Foods and Oysters) – Detection
Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio species (Isolation)
Virulence Factors - (PCR)

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Water Testing, Bacteriological (Culture-Coliform)
Water Testing, Bacteriological (Culture-Total Coliform)
Water Testing, Bacteriological (Culture-E. coli-Presence/Absence)
Water Testing, Cryptosporidia & Giardia MPA (Micro particulate analysis (Microscopic-Direct Exam IFA)
Western Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Isolation) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Western Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Identification)
West Nile Virus Encephalitis (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay– IgG and IgM)

West Nile Virus (mosquitoes) – PCR
Whooping Cough (see Pertussis) Names of Related Agents: Pertussis, Bordetella 
Worm, Miscellaneous Identification (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)

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Yellow Fever (Serological)
Yersinia pestis (Culture-Isolation)
Yersinia enterocolitica (Culture-Isolation)
Yersinia enterocolitica (Culture-Identification)

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Zika IgM

Zygomycosis (Culture-Isolation)
Zygomycosis (Culture-Identification)