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Acanthamoeba (Culture)
Acanthamoeba (Microscopic-Direct Exam; Trichrome Stained Slide)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Actinomycosis (Aerobic Culture - Isolation)
Actinomycosis (Aerobic Culture - Identification)
Adenovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Adenovirus (Culture-Identification)
Aerobic Bacterial Culture (Isolation)
Aerobic Bacterial Culture, Stool (Isolation)
Aerobic Bacterial Culture, (Identification)
AFB - See Mycobacteriosis
Amebiasis Entamoebia historlytica/Entamoeba disbar (Culture -Isolation)
Amebiasis Entamoeba histolytical/Entamoeba disbar (Staining Identification)
Amebiasis Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba disbar (Serological)
Anaerobic Bacterial Culture, Special (Isolation)
Anaerobic Bacterial Culture (Identification)
Anaerobic Bacterial Toxin Detection (Isolation)
Anaerobic Bacterial Toxin Detection (Identification)
Animal Testing- Diagnosis of animal diseases is not offered at TDSHS, testing is available at Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX (888)-646-5623. See Rabies for exception.
Anthrax Culture (Isolation)
Anthrax Culture (Identification)
Anthrax (Serological)
Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Arbovirus (Culture-Identification)
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 anthracis (Culture - Isolation)
Bacillus cereus (Culture-Isolation)
Balantidiasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration)
Baywaters (Environmental)
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)
Botulism (Serological-Toxin Typing)
Brevitoxin (Culture-Toxin Detection)
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 (Culture-(Identification)
Candidiasis (Culture-Isolation)
Candidiasis (Culture-Identification)
Chagas’ Disease (Serological)
Chancroid (Culture-Identification)
Chicken Pox (See Varicella-Zoster Virus)
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-Fecal (Culture-Quantitation)
Coliform-Total Colilert
Colorado Tick Fever (Serological)
Coronavirus (Serological)
Coxsackievirus (Culture-Isolation) See Enterovirus (Culture-Isolation)
Coxsackievirus (Culture-Typing) See Enterovirus (Culture-Typing)
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)
Echinococcosis (Serological)
Echinococcosis (Microscopic - Direct)
Echovirus (Culture-Isolation) See Enterovirus (Culture - Isolation)
Echovirus (Culture-Typing) See Enterovirus (Culture-Typing)
Ehrlichiosis (Serological - Immunofluorscence)
Enteric Bacteria (See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture, Stool (Isolation))
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
Filariasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa Stain)
Food Poisoning (Culture - Isolation)
Food (Culture –(Identification)
Food (Pathogens –(Isolation)
Food Poisoning Culture (Toxin Detection)
Francisella tularensis (Culture—Isolation) See Tularemia (Culture - Isolation)
Francisella tularensis (Culture—Identification) See Tularemia (Culture - Identification)
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German Measles (see Rubella)
Giardiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Gonorrhea (Culture - Isolation)
Gonorrhea (Culture - Identification)
Gonorrhea (Culture - Genetic Probe)
Granuloma Inguinale (Microscopic - Direct)
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Haemophilus species (Culture - Identification)
Haemophilus species (Culture - Typing H. influenzae only)
Hansen’s Disease (see Leprosy)
Hantavirus (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
Hepatitis A (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay for HAVAb-total and HAV IgM)
Hepatitis B (Serological – Enzyme Immunoassay for HbsAg,and Anti-HBsAg, Total antibody or HBcAb-Total of IgM)
Hepatitis C (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
Herpes Simplex (Culture - Isolate)
Herpes Simplex (Culture - Identification)
Herpes Zoster (see Varicella)
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 (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)
Listeriosis (Culture - 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 (Inhibitors)
Milk, Quality Check (Phosphatase)
Milk, Quality Check (Coliforms)
Milk, Quality Check (Added Water)
Milk, Quality Check (Aflatoxin)
Milk, Quality Check (Somatic cell counts)
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)
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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Paracoccidioidomycosis (Culture - Isolation)
Paracoccidioidomycosis (Culture - Identification)
Paracoccidioidomycosis (Serological)
Paragonimiasis (Serological)
Paragonimiasis (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
Parainfluenza (Culture-Isolation)
Parainfluenza (Culture-Typing)
Parainfluenza (Serological-Complement Fixation) Test no longer performed at DSHS
Parvovirus B19 (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay) Test no longer performed at DSHS
PCR - Virulence Factors (Detection)
Penicilliosis (Culture - Isolation)
Penicilliosis (Culture - Identification)
Pertussis (See Bordetella)
Pertussis Culture (Identification)
PFGE –Molecular typing See Molecular typing (PFGE) Reference Range
Phycomycosis See Zygomycosis
Pinworm See Enterobiasis
Plague (Culture - Isolation)
Plague ( Culture- Identification)
Plague (Serological - Hemagglutination)
Pneumococcus
Pneumocystosis (Microscopic-Giemsa Stain)
Poliomyelitis (Culture - Isolation) - Forwarded by TDSHS to CDC for testing
Poliomyelitis (Culture - Typing) - Forwarded by TDSHS to CDC for testing
Poliomyelitis (Serological-Complement Fixation) Test no longer performed at DSHS
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Enviornmental (Culture - Isolation)
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (Culture - Identification)
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (Serological)
Protothecosis (Culture - Isolation)
Protothecosis (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
Psittacosis (Serological-Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)
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Rabies (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
Red Tide Analysis See also Brevitoxin (Culture-Toxin Detection)
Relapsing Fever (Serological-Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Culture-Isolation)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Culture-Identification)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Serological-Complement Fixation) Test no longer performed at DSHS
Rickettsia See specific disease entities: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Murine Typhus
Ringworm (Culture-Isolation)
Ringworm (Culture-Identification)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Serological-Immunofluorescence Assay)
Rotavirus (Microscopic-Electron Microscopy)
Round Worm See Ascariasis
Rubella (Immune Status) (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
Rubella (Culture-Isolation)
Rubella (Culture-Identification)
Rubella (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
Rubeola (Measles) (Culture-Isolation)
Rubeola (Measles) (Culture-Identification)
Rubeola (Measles) (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
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Salmonellosis (Culture – Isolation)
Salmonellosis (Culture– Identification)
Salmonellosis (Culture – Typing)
Shistosomiasis (Serological)
Schistosomiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
Schistosomiasis (Microscopic-Urine Filtration)
Shigellosis (Culture Isolation)
Shigellosis (Culture 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)
Staphylococcus (Culture-Identification )
Staphylococcus (Culture-TSST-1 testing)
Staphylococcus Culture (Isolation)
Staphylococcus (Culture-Enterotoxin testing)
Strep Screen (Type B only)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Culture - Typing) See Pneumococcus
Strongyloidiasis (Serological)
Strongyloidiasis (Microscopic-Direct)
Swimming Pool Water
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 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)
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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Zygomycosis (Culture-Isolation)
Zygomycosis (Culture-Identification)
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