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TRAc-6: Testing for HHV-6 in Infertility

For the last four years, Coppe Laboratories’ mission has been to ensure all patients have access to clinically-relevant diagnostic testing that allows patients and physicians to make the most informed treatment decisions. Groundbreaking research and development is what has made Coppe Laboratories a leading provider of diagnostic tests with diverse applications.

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Coppe Laboratories Offers Testing for Viral Infections Recently Implicated in Women’s Health Complications

Waukesha, Wisconsin — Recent studies highlighted in The Scientist, News Medical and DoctorsLounge have implicated an understudied and underappreciated family of viruses as playing a potential role in women’s health complications. During the 2015 outbreak of Zika virus infections in Brazil, it was discovered that Zika virus infection during pregnancy places the fetus at risk of developing neurologic birth defects. This new study suggests that Zika may not be the only virus capable of causing abnormalities in babies born to…

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Questions and Answers about Tick-Borne Illness Testing

Question: What benefit is it to patients to test for multiple genospecies of borrelia? Dr. Knox: While B burgdorferi is the dominant borrelia species found in US patients, infections with other genospecies of borrelia have been seen (B. afzelii, B. garinii) and other strains of the bacteria have been identified in ticks in the US (B. miyamotoi). Standard FDA approved Lyme testing will not detect these infections and patients will remain undiagnosed and untreated. We recently had a case where…

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The serious risks of Powassan Virus

Here is yet another article that discusses the serious risks of Powassan Virus, Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S. Coppe Laboratories performs both direct (PCR) and indirect (serology) testing for POWV. A blood test is all that is required. Test results are available within 14 days. Read more about our testing here, How Coppe Laboratories helps patients and families Getting the best treatment possible often depends upon determining the type of infection and reporting those results…

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Ticks transmit more than just Lyme disease

Ticks transmit more than just Lyme disease. This was evidenced again by a recent news story depicting the difficult journey of recovery for former North Carolina senator Kay Hagan after she contracted Powassan encephalitis from a tick bite. Serious neurologic complications of Powassan Virus infection include headache, confusion, memory loss, disorientation and sometimes even death. Coppe Laboratories is the only commercial reference lab in the US that provides testing for Powassan virus (POWV). Tick studies suggest that POWV is on…

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