Specialist Testing
For in depth details of our laboratory testing services, use the searchable table below. Alternatively, check out our testing services listed under the Services tab at the top of this page.
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| Area | Lab name | Lab location | Test name | Organisms | Link |
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| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Respiratory virus culture | Influenza A & B virus (family: Orthomyxoviridae; Genus: influenza A & B) Parainfluenza virus types 1-3 (family: Paramyxoviridae, Genus: Paramyxovirus, Group: human paramyxo virus types 1-3) Respiratory Syncytial Virus (family: Paramyxoviridae) | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Reference minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) | Aerobic or facultative bacteria | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Poliovirus neutralising antibody detection | Neutralising antibodies against poliovirus (family: Picornaviridae; Genus: Enterovirus; Groups: Poliovirus types 1-3) | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Poliovirus isolation for acute flaccid paralysis surveillance | Poliovirus (family: Picornaviridae; Genus: Enterovirus; Groups: Poliovirus types 1-3) | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Poliovirus intratypic differentiation (ITD) by PCR and ELISA | Poliovirus (family: Picornaviridae; Genus: Enterovirus; Groups: Poliovirus types 1-3) | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase gene PCR | Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp and Salmonella spp | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-48-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacterales | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-23-like, OXA-40-like, OXA-58-like and OXA-51-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas | Details |
| Health Science | Enteric, Environmental and Food Virology Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Norovirus RT-qPCR and genotyping | Norovirus | Details |
| Health Science | Meningococcal Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Neisseria meningitidis isolate characterisation | N. meningitidis | Details |
| Health Science | Meningococcal Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Neisseria meningitidis DNA characterisation | N. meningitidis | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Molecular typing by DNA macrorestriction analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) | Nosocomial pathogens | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | MERS-CoV virus real-time RT-PCR | MERS-Coronavirus | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | mecA gene PCR | Staphylococci with borderline oxacillin susceptibility | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Measles, mumps, rubella virus culture | Measles virus (family: Paramyxoviridae; Genus: Morbillivirus)Mumps virus (family: Paramyxoviridae; Genus: Paramyxovirus)Rubella (family: Togaviridae; Genus: Rubivirus) | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Measles virus PCR | Measles virus (Family: Paramyxoviridae; Subfamily: Paramyxovirinae; Genus: Morbillivirus) | Details |
| Health Science | Clinical Virology Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Measles virus genotyping | Measles virus (Family: Paramyxoviridae; Subfamily: Paramyxovirinae; Genus: Morbillivirus) | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | mcr1 and mcr3 gene PCR | Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas | Details |
| Health Science | Special Bacteriology Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Listeria monocytogenes characterisation | L. monocytogenes | Details |
| Health Science | Leptospira Reference Laboratory | NCBID Wallaceville | Leptospira species-specific serology (Microscopic Agglutination Test) | Leptospira | Details |