Vector-borne diseases
Real-time PCR reagents
• Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than 700,000 deaths annually.
• Mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas tend to be most active during warm summer months, and now also remain active through warmer winters and milder autumns and springs.
• Expanded active periods mean busier vector mating seasons and fewer vector casualties over the cold winter months.
Tick-borne PCR testing
• 77% of all reported vector-borne diseases are tick-borne.
• Cases of tick-borne disease have been steadily increasing since 1994, with anaplasmosis increasingly occurring in the same geographic area as Lyme disease and babesiosis.
• An expanded active period and an expanded geographic range of tick vectors mean more people are at risk for tick-borne diseases such as anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme disease.
• PCR is the most reliable detection method for species identification.
Mosquito-borne diseases
• The CDC states reported disease cases from infected mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas tripled in the years 2004-2016.
• Mosquito-borne diseases in the US tend to be epidemic outbreaks, and include chikungunya, dengue, malaria, West Nile Virus, and Zika virus.
Product Ordering Information
CATALOG # | PRODUCT NAME | REPORTABLE RESULT |
M400664 | MGB Alert® Babesia v2.0 RUO‡ Research Detection Reagent Mix | B. microti or B. duncani/B. divergens |
M400237 | MGB Alert Bartonella RUO Detection Reagent Mix | Bartonella |
M400547 | MGB Alert Borrelia RUO Detection Reagent Mix | Lyme disease Borrelia spp. |
M400635 | MGB Alert RF Borrelia RUO Detection Reagent Mix | Relapsing fever Borrelia spp. |
M400550 | MGB Alert Chikungunya RUO Detection Reagent Mix | Chikungunya |
M400665 | MGB Alert Dengue-1 v2.0 RUO Detection Reagent Mix | DENV-1 |
M400792 | MGB Alert Dengue-2,3,4 v2.0 RUO Detection Reagent Mix | DENV-2, DENV-3, or DENV-4 |
M400666 | MGB Alert Ehrlichia-Anaplasma v2.0 RUO Detection Reagent | Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, E. canis, E. muris-like, or Anaplasma phagocytophilum |
M400874 | MGB Alert Malaria Typer v2.0 RUO Detection Reagent | Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae/knowlesi |
M400460 | MGB Alert West Nile Virus RUO Detection Reagent Mix | WNV |
M800552 | Zika ELITe MGB® Kit, EUA* | Zika virus positive or negative |
‡Research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
*Emergency Use Authorization
INFECTIOUS DISEASE TEST PORTFOLIO
Real-Time PCR testing for laboratories
ELITechGroup MDx set an industry standard in real-time PCR with the introduction of minor groove binder (MGB) probe technology, featured in our MGB Alert® products. MGB probe technology has long been the gold standard for hybridization probes that allow for melt curve analysis. Adding to our legacy of innovation, we now offer DSQ Alert™ probe technology, an evolution in MGB probe chemistry. Our DSQ Alert reagents feature our newest proprietary duplex stabilizing quencher chemistry in hydrolysis probes, offering enhanced signal-to-noise fluorescence and DNA duplex stability. All test reagents may be used on ELITechGroup MDx proprietary instrument systems and on most open channel platforms.
Our PCR offerings
- Adenovirus§
- Aspergillus spp.‡
- Babesia‡
- Bartonella‡
- BKV§
- Bordetella P/PP§
- Borrelia‡
- Borrelia RF‡
- Candida auris§
- C. auris with echinocandin resistance‡
- C. auris with fluconazole resistance‡
- Candida species‡
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE)‡
- Chikungunya‡
- Chlamydia pneumoniae‡
- CMV§
- Coccidioides‡
- Cryptococcus species‡
- Dengue 1-4‡
- EBV§
- Ehrlichia/Anaplasma‡
- Enterovirus§
- GUD-1 HSV 1&2 / T. pallidum‡
- GUD-2 H. ducreyi /
C. trachomatis L1-3‡ - Hepatitis E virus‡
- HHV-6§
- HHV-8§
- Histoplasma/Blastomyces‡
- hMPV§
- HSV 1&2*
- Influenza A/B/RSV‡
- JCV§
- Legionella pneumophila§
- Legionella species§
- Malaria‡
- MG with fluoroquinolone resistance‡
- MG with macrolide resistance‡
- MPXV/OPXV‡
- MRSA/SA*
- Mucorales‡
- Mumps‡
- MTB speciation‡
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae‡
Master Mixes
In Development
- HT HDV
- HT HSV 1&2/VZV
- HT Legionella
- HT Norovirus GI/II
*IVD/EUA
§Analyte Specific Reagent. Analytical and performance characteristics are not established.
‡For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM
The ELITe BeGenius®
Extraction, amplification, results.
With automated extraction, amplification, and results interpretation, the ELITe BeGenius is a sample-to-result solution for your lab. A 3-hour turnaround time means up to 3 hours of walkaway time per run.
Bring more power and flexibility into your lab.
Open mode allows a customizable workflow. 24 PCR wells offer independent thermocycling capability. The ELITe BeGenius features:
- Full automation with onboard extraction and real-time PCR
- Total nucleic acid extraction of RNA and DNA
- Open system capability
- 24 PCR wells, each with independent thermocycling capability
- Multiple tests from each eluate
- Post amplification melt curve option
- Qualitative and quantitative capable
- Up to 72 sample results in an 8-hour shift
- Onboard cooled storage of samples, eluates, and reagents
- 6 optical channels with cross-talk customization
- Automated results interpretation
- LIS integration
ELITechGroup Corporate
At a global corporate level, ELITechGroup is an integrated in-vitro diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of diagnostic products and solutions, including reagents, instruments, and software. More than 650 employees make ELITechGroup a trusted partner in the IVD industry, serving hospitals and diagnostic laboratories in more than 100 countries through direct sales and third-party distribution.
To optimally serve customers in an ever-evolving IVD market, ELITechGroup is organized into four business units dedicated to specific IVD technologies and market segments: Molecular Diagnostics (MDx), Clinical Chemistry, Biomedical Systems, and Microbiology.
ELITechGroup Molecular Diagnostics US
ELITechGroup MDx LLC is the company’s US Molecular Diagnostics entity, based in Bothell, WA. The US MDx group serves the needs of clinical and research laboratories alike, offering an extensive range of molecular diagnostics products.
The US product portfolio includes the fully automated sample-to-result ELITe BeGenius instrument system and a growing menu of infectious disease tests and reagents that feature the innovative MGB Alert and DSQ Alert™ probe chemistries.
Why ELITechGroup?
Extensive IP portfolio
Inventors of MGB probes
cGMP compliant, ISO13485 certified
High throughput oligonucleotide manufacturing
25,000 sq. ft. corporate office in Bothell, WA