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🧪 Read the case, choose your answer, and see how your reasoning compares! A transplant team is deciding whether a patient with resistant CMV can move forward toward kidney transplant listing. Two recent CMV PCR results reported as “detected, <35 IU/mL.” What do you say? buff.ly/41YQVoZ
🎙️ Episode 25 of PASCV: Gone Viral is live! Dr. Melissa Gitman sits down with Drs. Nancy Law, Andrew Karaba, Zoe Freeman Weiss, and Senu Apewokin for a discussion on viral infections in transplant populations, covering both stem-cell and solid organ transplant patients. 🎧️ rss.com/podcasts/pas...
Pop Quiz: Western Blacklegged Ticks 🔍 A hiker in California recently encountered Ixodes pacificus. While this tick is a known vector for several pathogens, one of the following is the "odd one out." Which disease is NOT transmitted by this vector? Think you know the answer? buff.ly/NqF94As
Gardening-Gone-Wrong Diagnostic Dilemma: A patient in an arbovirus-endemic region presents with severe pain, malaise, and uncontrollable shivering after gardening. Clinical status is declining rapidly with new cutaneous discoloration. What would you do next? 🩺 buff.ly/NQKHK6E
Final call! Join us tomorrow, June 16, at 1:00 PM EDT for "Lab Dynamics: The Social Chemistry of High-Performing Teams." We’ll explore personality types in the lab, communication strategies, and managing the "Expert Paradox," aka IMPOSTER SYNDROME! Register now to secure your spot: buff.ly/LnneroV
Can you solve this month's Diagnostic Dilemma? 🧠 A 48M with MS history presents with 6 months of progressive memory loss and aphasia. MRI shows progressive bifrontal confluent white matter lesions. See the full breakdown here: www.pascv.org/surveys/?id=...
Tired of the imposter syndrome making you feel like a fraud? 😫 Learn cognitive reframing techniques to crush professional anxiety in our upcoming webinar. Master your mindset, master your job! Tues, June 16. 1 PM EDT. Register: www.pascv.org/event/CCTweb... #ImposterSyndrome #PASCV
If the personality dynamics in your lab are leaving you feeling like an IMPOSTER, you need this session. 🥸 PASCV's new webinar, Lab Dynamics: The Social Chemistry of High-Performing Teams, is all about master communication. June 16, 1 PM EDT. Register: Link in Comments.
40-week neonate fails UNHS (right ear). Targeted CMV saliva swab 36 hours post-birth (15 min after breastfeeding) is CMV DNA Detected (Ct 34). Mother is CMV-seropositive. How do you interpret this? Diagnose it HERE! www.pascv.org/surveys/defa... #DiagnosticDilemma #Neonatology #InfectiousDisease
From managing diverse personality styles to overcoming imposter syndrome, discover actionable strategies to improve team communication and maintain authentic professional presence. Register for our upcoming webinar: 📅 Date/Time: 6/16/26 1PM ET 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/clS4MYy
#PASCV2026 Annual Meeting was a hit. We hit it so hard, we broke the dance floor! Join us next year 5/12-14/2-27!
Day 2 of the 2026 PASCV Annual Meeting is here! Debates, Exhibits, Posters, Virology Jeopardy*, and a Beach Royale Party to cap it all off! *Jeopardy spelled as such to not invoke the ghost of Alex Trebek*
We are thrilled to celebrate David R. Hillyard, MD, as the winner of the 2026 PASCV Ed Nowakowski Clinical Virology Award! 🎖️ Dr. Hillyard is being honored for his major impact on viral disease pathogenesis and treatment. Join us for the award presentation on April 29 in Clearwater, FL!
🚨🧪 Critical Update: The CDC has announced a temporary suspension of testing for over two dozen pathogens, including rabies and pox viruses, citing a "routine review" of laboratory quality. Visit the CDC site and see for yourself:
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We are thrilled to celebrate Ryan Relich, PhD, as the winner of the 2026 PASCV Diagnostic Virology Award! 🎖️ Dr. Relich is being honored for his vital contributions to diagnostic laboratory medicine and infectious disease ecology. Join us for the award presentation on April 29 in Clearwater, FL!
We are excited to celebrate Tracy McMillen, MS, M(ASCP), as the 2026 PASCV Outstanding Clinical Laboratory Professional Award winner! 🎖️ Tracy is being recognized for her impactful contributions to clinical virology and her leadership at MSKCC. Join us for the ceremony on April 29 in Clearwater, FL!
We are thrilled to celebrate Benjamin Bradley, MD, PhD, as the winner of the 2026 PASCV Young Investigator Award!🎖️ Ben is recognized for his impactful work in clinical and diagnostic virology. Join us for the award ceremony, April 29 in Clearwater, FL! #PASCV #ClinicalVirology #YoungInvestigator
A patient tests positive for Influenza A, but the H3 subtype target is "missing" on the primary lab platform. When the same thing starts happening across the community, it's time to look at the genetics... and now it's time for March's Diagnostic Dilemma Results! How did your diagnosis compare?
🦠: A 7-week-old with neonatal HSV-2 meningoencephalitis still has positive CSF PCR after a full course of acyclovir. The clinical picture demands urgent treatment for suspected antiviral resistance. What action should you take... test yourself here: buff.ly/PKoty66
Episode 19: A Discussion on Pediatric Validations (2/2) We have an incredible panel discussion of the hurdles and triumphs of pediatric assay validation. From stories about their toughest validations to ideas on how the industry can better support labs Listen here: 🎙️
Episode 19: Kits Say the Darndest Things A Discussion on Pediatric Validations (Part 2 of 2)
Podcast Episode · PASCV: Gone Viral · March 2 · 34m
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Mo' tests, mo' problems? 🧪 Not if you have a plan! In Episode 18 of PASCV: Gone Viral we’re talking #DiagnosticStewardship with Dr. Francesca Lee & Dr. David Gaston. ✅ Value-based testing ✅ Patient-centered performance ✅ Provider relationships 🎙️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 18: Diagnostic Stewardship
Podcast Episode · PASCV: Gone Viral · February 2 · 39m
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Get to know your PASCV peers like Alberto "Beto" Paniz Mondolfi, MD, PhD. 2 are true and 1 is not: 1. He is heading up the Membership committee's campaign focusing on LatAm in 2026. 2. He has not attended the PASCV Annual Meeting. 3. He was a "smuggler" as part of his career path.
We are proud to introduce the newly elected leadership of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology (PASCV) Executive Council: President-Elect: Heba Mostafa President: Adrienne Bambach Immediate Past-President: Benjamin Pinsky Treasurer: Ana Maria Cárdenas
Please join us in congratulating the 2026-28 PASCV Council! Ken Gavina, PhD, D(ABMM), SM(ASCP)CM Allison Eberly, PhD, D(ABMM) Diego Hijano, MD, MSc Rachael Liesman, PhD, D(ABMM) Logan Patterson, Ph.D., D(ABMM) Elly Powell, PhD, D(ABMM) Hannah Wang, MD
🚨 Today is the final day to vote. PASCV Elections close on February 19. This is your last opportunity to participate in selecting the Society’s leadership. If you have not yet voted, check your email and submit your ballot now. Make sure your voice is included. #PASCV #ClinicalVirology
PASCV Members: Voting for the 2026 PASCV Elections closes on February 19. Please take a moment to cast your ballot if you have not already. Member participation is essential to the continued strength of our Society. #PASCV #ClinicalVirology #ScientificCommunity
So you know they have Influenza A, but which subtype? Check out this month's Diagnostic Dilemma to figure it out. buff.ly/wUIgmkJ
🚨 SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE JANUARY'S DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA! How do you feel about the direction vaccine coverage rates are going in the United States?
