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Biochemistry and Genetics
- Blood Lead
- Cholesterol / Lipid Profile
- Cystic Fibrosis Testing (CFTR Mutation Panel)
- Diabetes/Glucose
- Galactosemia Testing (DNA Mutation Panel)
- Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
- Hemoglobinopathy Testing (DNA Confirmation)
- High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
- 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
Drinking Water-Inorganic
- Alkalinity, Total and Phenolphthalein
- Bicarbonate-Carbonate, with Alkalinity
- Bicarbonate-Carbonate, without Alkalinity
- Carbon, Total Organic
- Chloride
- Conductance
- Cyanide, Total
- Fluoride
- Hardness
- Nitrate + Nitrite
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- pH
- Routine Water Group
- Reagent Water Suitability Group – Drinking Water
- Solids, Total Dissolved
- Solids, Total Dissolved (determined)
- Sulfate
- Total Recoverable Metals Digestions – Drinking Water
- 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
- Diquat 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, USDA PHM
- Protein
- Salt
- Water Activity
- All Metals – Drinking Water
- 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 in Pottery
- Single Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry-DW
- Single Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry-DW
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
- Strontium 89 and/or 90 – Drinking Water
- Tritium
- Alpha Spectroscopy Preparation
- Uranium Isotopes – Drinking Water
- Uranium Isotopes – Non-Potable Water
Microbiology
--A--
- Acanthamoeba Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Acid Fast Bacilli Identification, HPLC
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Culture
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Isolate Identification, Biochemical
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Isolate Identification, HPLC
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Referred Mycobacterium Isolate Identification
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear
- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Specimen Concentration
- Acid Fast Bacilli, Mycobacterium kansasii, Rifampin Susceptibility by Agar Proportion
- Aerobic Actinomycete Isolate Identification, HPLC
- Aerobic Actinomycete Isolate Identification, Biochemical
- Aerobic Bacterial Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Aerobic Bacteria (Bioterrorism Agents), Definitive Identification by Culture
- Aerobic Plate Count: Shellfish
- Amebiasis (Entamoeba sp.), Identification, Fecal Ova and Parasite Exam
- Anaerobic Isolate, Identification
- Anaerobic Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- 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)
- Ascaris lumbricoides (Ascariasis) Identification, Direct Microscopic Examination
--B--
- Babesiosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Babesia spp. (Babesiosis) Identification, Giemsa Stain
- Bacillus spp. Definitive Identification
- Bacillus anthracis (Culture - Isolation)
- Bacterial Whole Genome Sequencing
- Balantidiasis (Balantidium coli), Microscopic Detection and Identification
- Bioterrorism agents, Isolation from Environmental, Clinical, or Referred Specimen
- Bioterrorism agents, Referred Specimen Identification, Time Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) and Real Time PCR
- Blastocystis hominis Microscopic Detection and Identification
- Botulism, Definitive Identification by Culture
- Botulinum Toxin (Toxin Detection and Typing, Serological)
- Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) Toxin Gene Detection, PCR
- Brevetoxin; Shellfish
- Brucella abortus Total Antibody Agglutination
- Brucella spp. (Brucellosis) Detection, PCR
- Brucella spp. Definitive Identification by Culture
- Burkholderia mallei/pseudomallei, Definitive Identification by Culture
- Burkholderia mallei/pseudomallei Detection, PCR
--C--
- Campylobacter spp. Identification from Clinical Specimen
- Campylobacter spp. Definitive Identification of Isolate
- Campylobacter spp. Sequencing
- Candida auris Whole Genome Sequencing
- Candida auris Colonization Screening
- Candida spp. Isolate Testing
- Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter spp. Colonization
- Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales, Colonization
- Carbapenem Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Colonization
- Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter spp. Isolate Identification
- Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales, Isolate Identification
- Carbapenem Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Isolate Identification
- Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms Sequencing
- Chagas Disease Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Chagas IgG
- Chancroid, See Haemophilus ducreyi
- Chikungunya Virus, IgM
- Chikungunya Virus Real-Time RT-PCR, Trioplex
- Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC/CT), Amplified RNA Probe
- Cholera, See Vibrio cholerae
- Clonorchis sinensis Detection and Identification
- Clostridium botulinum, Definitive Identification by Culture
- Clostridium botulinum Toxin Detection and Typing
- Colorado Tick Fever (Serological)
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolate Identification
- Cryptosporidium spp. Detection and Identification, Acid Fast Stain
- Cryptosporidium spp. Subtyping by Sanger Sequencing
- Cyclospora sp. Detection and Identification, Acid Fast Stain
- Cysticercosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Cystoisosporiasis (Cystoisospora sp.) Detection and Identification
--D--
- Definitive ID: Francisella tularensis
- Dengue Virus, IgM
- Dengue Virus Real-Time RT-PCR, Trioplex
- Dientamoeba fragilis Identification
- Diphyllobothriid Tapeworm Identification
- Direct Detection by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
--E--
- Ebola Virus Zaire Detection, PCR
- Echinocococcus spp. Identification, Wet Mount of Miscellaneous Body Fluids
- Echinococcosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Entamoeba histolytica/dispar Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Entamoeba spp. Identification
- Enteric Bacteria Isolation
- Enteric Bacteria Isolate, Definitive Identification
- Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), Shiga-like Toxin Assay
- Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Typing
- Enterobius vermicularis Identification, Direct Examination
- Escherichia coli Sequencing
- Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin Virulence Factor Detection, PCR
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolation from Clinical Specimen
--F--
- Fascioliasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Fecal Coliforms, Most Probable Number (MPN), Baywater
- Fecal Coliform MPN, Oysters
- Filariasis Worm Detection and Examination, 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. Identification
- 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 tularensis Definitive Identification by Culture
- Francisella tularensis Detection, Real-Time PCR
- Fungal Whole Genome Sequencing
--G--
- Giardia duodenalis (Giardiasis) Identification, Fecal Ova and Parasite Exam
- Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) Definitive Identification by Culture
- Gonorrhea Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (GC AST)
- Gram-Negative Rod Isolate, Definitive Identification
- Group B Streptococcus (Beta Strep) Identification
--H--
- Haemophilus ducreyi (Chancroid) Isolation and Identification
- Haemophilus sp. Isolate, Definitive Identification
- Haemophilus influenzae Serotyping
- Hansen's Disease Program/Leprosy Treatment, See DSHS Hansen's Disease Program
- Hantavirus, IgM and IgG
- Healthcare Acquired Infection (HAI), Identification by Whole Genome Sequencing, Bacterial
- Hepatitis A Virus, IgM
- Hepatitis A Virus, Total Antibody
- Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody, IgM
- Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antibody
- Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen
- Hepatitis B Virus Core, Total Antibody
- Hepatitis C Virus Antibody
- Hepatitis C Virus RNA, Quantitative NAAT
- HIV-1 RNA, NAAT
- HIV Screen, HIV Antigen-Antibody Multiplex
- HIV Confirmation Test, Geenius
- Hookworm Detection and Identification
- Hookworm Identification, Fecal Ova and Parasite Exam
--I--
- Influenza Real-Time RT-PCR
- Influenza Sequencing
- Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Multiplex, Real-Time RT-PCR
--L--
- Legionella spp. Identification
- Leishmania species Identification, CDC Reference Test
- Leishmaniasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Leishmaniasis (Microscopic-Giemsa Stain)
- Leptospirosis (Serological)
- Listeria spp. Sequencing
- Listeria spp. Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Listeria spp. Definitive Identification
- Loa loa Detection, Giemsa Stain
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (Serological)
--M--
- Malaria (Serological)
- Malaria (Plasmodium spp.) Detection, Giemsa Stain
- Measles (Rubeola) IgG
- Measles (Rubeola) IgM
- Measles (Rubeola) Real-Time RT-PCR
- Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) Definitive Identification by Culture
- Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) Detection, Real- Time PCR
- Meningitis, Amebic See Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- Microsporidiosis (Microscopic-Modified Trichrome Stain)
- 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: Aflatoxin Assay
- Milk and Dairy: Phosphatase Activity
- Mold Identification
- Mpox Sequencing
- 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 Virus IgG
- Mumps Virus, Real-Time RT-PCR
- Mycobacterium spp. Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex MGIT Susceptibility, Primary Drug Panel
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Identification, NAAT
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Speciation, Real-Time PCR
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sequencing
- Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen's Disease/Leprosy Treatment)- See DSHS Hansen's Disease Program
- Mycoplasmosis (Serological)
--N--
- Naegleria Molecular Detection, CDC Reference Test
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, (GC AST)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis (GC/CT), Amplified RNA Probe
- Neisseria gonorrhoeaea Sequencing
- Neisseria spp. Definitive Identification
- Neisseria meningitidis Serotyping
- Healthcare Acquired Infection (HAI), Identification by Whole Genome Sequencing, Bacterial
- Norovirus (Norwalk-like Virus) Detection, PCR
--O--
- Ornithosis (see Psittacosis) Names of Related Agents: Psittacosis, Parrot Fever
--P--
- Paragonimiasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Paragonimiasis (Microscopic-Direct Wet Smears Concentration)
- PCR: Francisella tularensis
- Pinworm Detection and Identification
- Plague (Culture - Isolation)
- Plague ( Culture- Identification)
- Pneumococcus, See Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotyping.
- Plasmodium spp. Detection, PCR
- Poliomyelitis, CDC Reference Test
- Potable Water, Total Coliform and Escherichia coli Detection
- Primary Panel, MGIT Susceptibility
- Prototheca spp. Identification
- Psittacosis (Serological-Forwarded by TDH to CDC for testing.)
--R--
- Rabies Virus Antigen Detection, Direct Fluorescent Antibody Cell Culture
- Rabies Virus Detection, 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 spp. Detection, Real-Time PCR
- Rickettsia spp. Panel IgG (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Typhus)
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever IgG (Rickettsial Panel)
- Roundworm Identification, Direct Microscopic Examination
- Rubella (German Measles) Screen, IgG
- Rubella (Immune Status) (Serological-Enzyme Immunoassay)
--S--
- Salmonella spp. Definitive Identification of Isolate
- Salmonella spp. Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Salmonella spp. Serotyping by Whole Genome Sequencing
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Real-Time RT-PCR
- SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing
- Schistosoma mansoni, IgG
- Schistosomiasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Schistosoma spp. Identification, Urine Examination
- Shigella Serotyping by Whole Genome Sequencing
- Shigella spp. Definitive Identification of Isolate
- Shigella spp. Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Shigella Isolate Sequencing
- Sporothrix schenckii (Sporotrichosis) Identification
- Staphylococcus spp. Definitive Identification
- Staphylococcus spp. Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, IgM
- Stool Culture
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (Culture - Typing) See Pneumococcus
- Streptococcus spp. Isolate Definitive Identification
- Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotyping
- Strep Screen (Type B only)
- Strongyloides IgG
- Strongyloides spp. Identification, Fecal Ova and Parasite Exam
- Syphilis Screen, Total Antibody
- Syphilis Confirmation by Particle Agglutination (TP-PA)
- Syphilis (Serological-Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
- Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) Rapid Plasma Reagin Detection
--T--
- Tapeworm, Other Diphyllobothrium latum, Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta (Microscopic-Clearing Exam)
- Toxocariasis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Toxoplasmosis (Microscopic - Giemsa Stain)
- Trachoma (Serological)
- Trichinelliasis (Serological)
- Trichinellosis Serology, CDC Reference Test
- Trichomonas Susceptibility
- Trichuriasis (Microscopic - Direct Concentration Exam ID)
- Trypanosoma spp. (Chagas Disease) Identification, Giemsa Stain
- Tuberculosis (Culture - DNA Fingerprinting)
- Tularemia (Culture - Isolation)
- Tularemia Detection, (Francisella tularensis) Real-Time PCR
- Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) Definitive Identification by Culture
- Tularemia (Serological - Agglutination)
- Typhus IgG (Rickettsial Panel)
--U--
- Unknown Aerobic Bacteria, Identification by Culture
- Urethritis (Culture-Isolation)
- Urethritis (Culture-Identification) For clinical culture studies see Gonorrhea (Culture-Isolation) For probe testing, see Gonorrhea (Culture-Genetic Probe)
--V--
- Vibrio cholera Serotyping
- Vibrio cholerae Isolation from Clinical Specimen
- Vibrio spp. Identification by Whole Genome Sequencing
- Vibrio spp. Isolate Definitive Identification
- Viral Next Generation Sequencing
--W--
- Water Testing, Cryptosporidia & Giardia MPA (Micro particulate analysis (Microscopic-Direct Exam IFA)
- West Nile Virus, IgM
- West Nile Virus (mosquitoes) – PCR
- Worm Identification
--Y--
- Yeast Identification
- Yellow Fever (Serological)
--Z--
- Zika IgM
- Zika Virus Real-Time RT-PCR, Trioplex