EasyScreen™ MMR Detection Kit
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) are vaccine preventable viral infections that can have serious clinical manifestations. Each infection is caused by a specific virus; measles virus (MV), mumps virus (MuV) and rubella virus (RuV).
Measles starts as a fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis (pinkeye), and a red, pinpoint rash that starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. If the virus infects the lungs, it can cause pneumonia. Measles in older children can lead to inflammation of the brain, called encephalitis, which can cause seizures and brain damage.
The Mumps virus usually causes swelling in glands just below the ears. Before the vaccine, Mumps was the most common cause of both meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) and acquired deafness. In men, Mumps can infect the testicles, which can lead to infertility.
Rubella can cause a mild rash on the face, swelling of glands behind the ears, and in some cases, swelling of the small joints and low-grade fever. Most children recover quickly without complications. However, the most serious complication is the harm this virus can cause to a developing baby.
As these viral infections are highly contagious and can cause serious illness, rapid identification of these pathogens is required to support appropriate patient care and isolation, and to prevent or contain disease outbreaks.
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EasyScreen™ MMR Detection Kit (MMR001-MT)
| Mumps |
| Rubella |
Compatible specimens include swabs.
The kit also includes an Extraction Control in the reaction mix in order to determine the reliability of the extracted nucleic acids, and indicate the presence of any inhibitors after extraction from primary samples.
The kit uses and is compatible with nucleic acids isolated using the EasyScreen™ Sample Processing Kits.
