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Biochemistry and Genetics
- Blood Lead
- Cholesterol / Lipid Profile
- Creatinine
- Cystic Fibrosis Testing (CFTR Mutation Panel)
- Diabetes/Glucose
- Galactosemia Testing (DNA Mutation Panel)
- Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
- Hemoglobinopathy Testing (DNA Confirmation)
- Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD) (DNA Mutation Panel)
- Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (VLCAD) (Gene Sequencing)
- Newborn Screening Panel
- Phenylketonuria (PKU) – Dietary Monitoring
- Total Hemoglobin
- X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) Full Gene Sequencing
- X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) Targeted Gene Sequencing
Environmental
Air-Radiation:
- Gross Alpha or Gross Beta
- Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
- Gamma Emitting Isotopes
- Radium 226
- Radium 228
- Uranium Isotopes by Alpha Spectroscopy
- Plutonium Isotopes
- Thorium Isotopes
- Strontium 89 or Strontium 90
- Tritium
- Alpha spectroscopy Preparation Procedure
- Carbon 14
Drinking Water-Inorganic
- Alkalinity, Total and Phenolphthalein
- Bicarbonate-Carbonate, with Alkalinity
- Bicarbonate-Carbonate, without Alkalinity
- Bromate
- Bromide
- Carbon, Total Organic
- Chloride
- Chlorite
- Chlorate
- Color
- Conductance
- Cyanide, Total
- Fluoride
- Hardness
- Nitrate + Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- Perchlorate
- pH
- Residue, Total
- Routine Water Group
- Silica, Dissolved
- Solids, Total Dissolved
- Solids, Total Dissolved (determined)
- Sulfate
- Turbidity
Drinking Water-SOC
- Synthetic Organic Contaminants – Drinking Water
Drinking Water-SVOC
- Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water
- Ethylene Dibromide and Dibromochloropropane in Drinking Water
- Chlorinated Pesticides and PCBs in Drinking Water
- Decachlorobiphenyl in Drinking Water
- Chlorophenoxy Herbicides in Drinking Water
- Carbamates in Drinking Water
- Glyphosate in Drinking Water
- Endothall
- Diaquat and Paraquat
- Haloacetic Acids and Dalapon in Drinking Water
- Semi-Volatiles in Drinking Water
Drinking Water-VOC
Food and Food Products
- Added Substances
- Added Water
- Deterioration, Canned Products
- Fat, Paly Screen
- Fat, Soxhlet Extraction
- Filth
- Meat Protein
- Moisture
- pH of Food Products
- Protein
- Salt
- Water Activity
- Metals in Drinking Water by ICP
- Metals in Drinking Water by ICP-MS
- Mercury in Drinking Water
- Metals by ICP
- Metals by ICP-MS
- Mercury by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption (CVAAS)
- Metals by Gaseous Hydride Atomic Absorption (GHAAS)
- Metals by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption (GFAAS)
- Metals by Flame Atomic Absorption (FLAAS)
- Metals in Pottery
Soil- Radiation
- Gross Alpha or Gross Beta
- Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
- Gamma Emitting Isotopes
- Radium 226
- Radium 228
- Uranium Isotopes by Alpha Spectroscopy
- Plutonium Isotopes
- Thorium Isotopes
- Strontium 89 or Strontium 90
- Tritium
- Alpha Spectroscopy Preparation Procedure
Vegetation/Tissue - Radiation:
- Gross Alpha or Gross Beta
- Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
- Gamma Emitting Isotopes
- Radium 226
- Radium 228
- Uranium Isotopes by Alpha Spectroscopy
- Plutonium Isotopes
- Thorium Isotopes
- Strontium 89 or Strontium 90
- Tritium
- Alpha spectroscopy Preparation Procedure
Water - Radiation:
- Gross Alpha or Gross Beta
- Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
- Gamma Emitting Isotopes
- Radium 226
- Radium 228
- Uranium Isotopes by Alpha Spectroscopy
- Plutonium Isotopes
- Thorium Isotopes
- Strontium 89 or Strontium 90
- Tritium
- Alpha Spectroscopy Preparation
Microbiology
--A--
- Acanthamoeba Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Acid Fast Bacilli Isolate Identification by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- Acid Fast Bacilli Biochemicals, Basic
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Culture
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Specimen Concentration
- Actinomycete, High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Actinomycosis (Aerobic Culture - Identification)
- Aerobic Bacterial Culture (Isolation)
- Aerobic Bacterial Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- AFB – Mycobacterium kansasii, Rifampin Susceptibility by Agar Proportion
- All aerobes - Culture
- Amebiasis Entamoeba histolytical/Entamoeba disbar (Staining Identification)
- Anaerobic Bacterial Culture, Special (Isolation)
- Anaerobic Bacterial Toxin Detection (Isolation)
- Anaerobic Bacterial Toxin Detection (Identification)
- Anaerobic (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 IgM EIA, St. Louis Encephalitis and West Nile
- Ascariasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
- Aspergillosis (Culture-Isolation)
- Aspergillosis (Culture-Identification)
--B--
- Babesiosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Babesiosis (Microscopic - Stain)
- Bacillus, (Definitive Identification)
- Bacillus anthracis (Culture - Isolation)
- Bacillus cereus (Culture-Isolation)
- Balantidiasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration)
- 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)
- Bordetella pertussis PCR
- Botulism Culture (Culture Isolation and Identification)
- Botulinum Toxin (Toxin Detection and Typing, Serological)
- Botulinum Toxin Gene PCR (Toxin Gene Detection and Typing)
- Brevetoxin; Shellfish
- Brucellosis (Culture Isolation and Identification)
- Brucellosis (Culture-Identification)
- Brucellosis (Serological-Agglutination)
--C--
- Calicivirus
- California Encephalitis (Serological)
- Campylobacter Culture-(Isolation)
- Campylobacter spp. identification
- Candidiasis (Culture-Identification)
- Chagas CDC Reference Test
- Chagas IgG (Trypanosoma cruzi IgG Antibody Immunoassay Chagas Serologic Screen)
- Chancroid (Culture-Identification)
- Chikungunya Virus, IgM
- Chlamydia (Genetic Probe)
- Clonorchiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
- Clostridium botulinum See Botulinum Toxin (Toxin Detection and Typing, Serological) and Botulism Culture (Culture Isolation and Identification)
- Clostridium perfringens (Culture - Isolation)
- Colorado Tick Fever (Serological)
- Cryptosporidiosis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration Acid Fast Stain)
- Cyclospora sp. (Microscopic-Direct Concentration Heat Infused Acid Fast)
- Cysticercosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Cysticercosis (Taenia Solium) (Microscopic-Direct Stained Slides)
--D--
- Definitive ID: Burkholderia mallei/pseudomallei
- Definitive ID: Francisella tularensis
- Dengue Fever (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay (IgM capture and IgG)
- Dientamoeba fragilis (Microscopic-Trichrome Stains)
- Diphtheria Culture - (Isolation)
- Diphtheria Culture - (Identification)
- Diphyllobothriasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
- Direct Detection by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- Dysentery, Amebic (See Amebiasis.)
--E--
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (Culture-Identification) See Arbovirus (Culture-Isolation)
- Ebola Zaire PCR
- Echinococcosis (Serological)
- Echinococcosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Entamoeba histolytica/dispar Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Enteric Bacteria (See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture, Stool (Isolation))
- Enteric identification – Culture
- Enterobiasis-Pin Worm (Microscopic - Direct)
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Culture (Isolation)
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7 or other Shiga toxin E. coli (Toxin Testing)
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7 or other Shiga toxin E. coli Culture (Typing)
--F--
- Farmer’s Lung (Serological)
- Fascioliasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Fifth Disease (See Parvovirus)
- Fecal Coliforms, Most Probable Number (MPN), Baywater
- Fecal Coliform MPN, Oysters
- Names of Related Agents: Parvovirus B19
- Filariasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa Stain)
- Food Analysis: Campylobacter spp. Identification
- Food Analysis: Cronobacter sakazakii
- Food Analysis: Cyclospora, PCR
- Food Analysis: E. coli O157 Identification
- Food Analysis: Listeria spp. Identification
- Food Analysis: Non-O157 Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC)
- Food Analysis: Shigella spp. Identifcation
- Food Analysis: Staphylococcus sp. Enterotoxin Detection
- Food Analysis: Salmonella spp. Identification
- Food Analysis: Vibrio cholerae Identification
- Food Analysis: Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus Identification
- Food Analysis: Yersinia enterocolitica Identification
- Francisella tularemia Antibodies
- Francisella tularensis (Culture—Isolation) See Tularemia (Culture - Isolation)
- Francisella tularensis (Culture—Identification) See Tularemia (Culture - Identification)
--G--
- Giardiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
- Gonorrhea (Culture - Isolation)
- Gonorrhea (Culture - Identification)(Neisseria spp. Identification)
- Gonorrhea (Culture - Genetic Probe)
- Gram-negative rod identification – (Culture)
--H--
- 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 B Surface Antibody
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
- Hepatitis C Antibody
- Hepatitis C RNA, Quantitative NAAT
- High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
- HIV-1 RNA, NAAT
- HIV-1, Screen (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
- HIV-2, Screen (Serological)
- HIV Supplemental Assay - Geenius
- HTLV-I-II (Serological)
- Hookworm (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
--I--
- Influenza Real-Time RT-PCR
- Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR
- Isopora species (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
- Isopora species (Microscopic-Acid Fast Stain)
--L--
- Legionellosis (Culture - Identification)
- Legionellosis (Serological - Immunofluorescence)
- Leishmania species Identification, CDC Reference Test
- Leishmaniasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Leishmaniasis (Microscopic-Giemsa Stain)
- Leptospirosis (Serological)
- Listeriosis (Culture - Isolation)
- Listeriosis (Culture - Typing)
- Loiasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa Stains)
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (Serological)
--M--
- Malaria (Serological)
- Malaria (Microscopic-Direct Stain Giemsa)
- Measles IgG (Rubeola)
- Measles IgM (Rubeola)
- Measles (Rubeola) Real-Time RT-PCR
- Melioidosis Culture (Isolation) See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture (Isolation)
- Melioidosis (Culture-Identification) See also Aerobic Bacterial Culture, (Identification)
- Meningitis, Amebic See Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Microsporidiosis (Microscopic-Modified Trichrome Stain)
- Milk, Quality Check (Added Water)
- Milk and Dairy: Coliform Count, Dairy Products
- Milk and Dairy: Coliform Standard Plate Count - Dairy Products
- Milk and Dairy: Freezing Point
- Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, Charm ROSA, Sulfonamide
- 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, Charm ROSA, Tetracyclines
- Milk and Dairy: Growth inhibitors, Delvo Test
- Milk and Dairy Products: Coliform Count for Containers
- Milk and Dairy: Somatic Cell Count, Goat -DMSCC
- Milk and Dairy: Somatic Cell Count, Cow -ESCC
- Milk and Dairy: Somatic Cell Count, Goat -ESCC
- Milk and Dairy: Somatic Cell Count, Cow -DMSCC
- Milk and Dairy: Standard Plate Count, Sterile Containers
- Milk and Dairy: Total Coliform MPN, Dairy Waters
- Milk and Dairy Test, Aflatoxin
- Milk and Dairy Test, Phosphatase
- Milk, Quality Check (Pathogens)
- Mold Identification
- Molecular typing (PFGE)
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Isoniazid, 0.2 µg/mL
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Isoniazid, 1.0 µg/mL
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Capreomycin
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Ethambutol
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Ethionamide
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Kanamycin
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Ofloxacin
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Rifabutin
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Rifampin
- M. tuberculosis complex, AFB Agar Proportion Drugs, Streptomycin
- M. tuberculosis complex, MGIT Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Test
- 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 - Isolation - Direct Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
- Mycoplasmosis (Serological)
--N--
- Naegleria Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, (GC AST)
- Neisseria meningitidis serotyping
- Nosocomial Infections
- Norovirus (Norwalk-like Virus) (see Calicivirus)
--O--
- Ornithosis (see Psittacosis) Names of Related Agents: Psittacosis, Parrot Fever
--P--
- Paragonimiasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Paragonimiasis (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
- Parainfluenza (Serological-Complement Fixation) Test no longer performed at DSHS
- Parvovirus B19 (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay) Test no longer performed at DSHS
- PCR: Burkholderia mallei/pseudomallei
- PCR: Francisella tularensis
- Pertussis Culture (Identification)
- PFGE –Molecular typing See Molecular typing (PFGE) Reference Range
- Pinworm See Enterobiasis
- Plague (Culture - Isolation)
- Plague ( Culture- Identification)
- Plague (Serological - Hemagglutination)
- Pneumococcus
- 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
- Potable Water
- Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (See Naegleria Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test)
- Primary Panel, MGIT Susceptibility
- Protothecosis (Culture - Isolation)
- Protothecosis (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
- Psittacosis (Serological-Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)
--R--
- Rabies (Microscopic-Direct Fluorescent Antibody)
- Relapsing Fever (Serological-Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Serological-Complement Fixation) Test no longer performed at DSHS
- Rickettsia See specific disease entities: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Murine Typhus
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rotavirus (Microscopic-Electron Microscopy)
- Round Worm See Ascariasis
- Rubella Screen IgG (German Measles)
- Rubella (Immune Status) (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
- Rubella (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
- Rubeola (Measles) (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
--S--
- Salmonellosis (Culture – Isolation)
- Salmonella spp. – Identification
- Salmonella spp. – Serotyping
- Salmonellosis (Culture – Typing)
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Real-Time RT-PCR
- Schistosoma EIA
- Shistosomiasis (Serological)
- Schistosomiasis (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
- Shigellosis (Culture Isolation)
- Shigellosis (Culture Typing)
- Sporotrichosis (Serological)
- Standard Plate Count: Shellfish
- St. Louis Encephalitis (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay (IgM capture and IgG)
- Standard Plate Counts Dairy products - Milk and Dairy
- Standard Plate Count (Shellfish)
- Staphylococcus (Culture-Identification)
- Staphylococcus Culture (Isolation)
- Strep Screen (Type B only)
- Streptococci identification – Culture
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (Culture - Typing) See Pneumococcus
- Strongyloides IgG
- Strongyloidiasis (Microscopic-Direct)
- Syphilis Screen, Total
- Syphilis (Serological-Rapid Plasma Reagin Card)
- Syphilis [Serological-Treponema pallidum - Particle Agglutination (TP-PA)]
- Syphilis (Serological-Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
--T--
- Tapeworm, Other Diphyllobothrium latum, Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta (Microscopic-Clearing Exam)
- Toxocariasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- 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)
- Trichinellosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Trichuriasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration Exam ID)
- Trioplex Real-Time RT-PCR (Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue)
- Trypanosomiasis (Microscopic-Direct Giemsa stained)
- Tuberculosis (Culture - Isolation)
- Tuberculosis (Culture - Identification)
- Tuberculosis (Culture - Susceptibility, Primary Drug Panel)
- Tuberculosis (Culture - DNA Fingerprinting)
- Tularemia (Culture - Isolation)
- Tularemia (Culture - Identification)
- Tularemia (Serological - Agglutination)
- Typhus (RMSF, Typhus), IgG
--U--
- Unknown Biological Threat Agent
- 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)
--V--
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other Vibrio species (Culture-Identification)
- Vibrio cholerae, (Culture-Identification)
- Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio species (Isolation)
- Virulence Factors - (PCR)
--W--
- Water Testing, Cryptosporidia & Giardia MPA (Micro particulate analysis (Microscopic-Direct Exam IFA)
- West Nile Virus Encephalitis (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay– IgG and IgM)
- West Nile Virus (mosquitoes) – PCR
- Worm, Miscellaneous Identification (Microscopic-Direct Concentration)
--Y--
- Yeast Identification
- Yellow Fever (Serological)
- Yersinia pestis (Culture-Isolation)
- Yersinia enterocolitica (Culture-Isolation)
--Z--