Abstract: A method for identifying a predefined target organism includes extracting a nucleic acid from a sample to form an extracted nucleic acid, amplifying the extracted nucleic acid to form a nucleic acid amplicon, tagging the nucleic acid amplicon with a capture probe and a detector partner to form a detector partner-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex, and performing a detection assay on the detector partner-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex to identify whether the predefined target organism is present in the sample.

Abstract: A method for identifying a predefined target organism includes extracting a nucleic acid from a sample to form an extracted nucleic acid, amplifying the extracted nucleic acid to form a nucleic acid amplicon, tagging the nucleic acid amplicon with a capture probe and a detector partner to form a detector partner-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex, and performing a detection assay on the detector partner-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex to identify whether the predefined target organism is present in the sample.

Abstract: A method for a pre-symptomatic diagnosis of a viral illness includes obtaining a biological sample with a peripheral blood mononuclear cell from a subject. The method further includes stimulating the biological sample, where the stimulation of the biological sample includes adding to the biological sample a predetermined amount of antigen configured to trigger a T-cell IFN-? response in the biological sample and a predetermined amount of reagent configured to capture the T-cell IFN-? response. The method may even further include comparing the level of the T-cell IFN-? response detected in the biological sample to a control sample level, the control sample level including a control sample T-cell IFN-? response level detected in a control sample of the subject, where if the level of the T-cell IFN-? response in the biological sample is at a predetermined amount greater than the control sample level, the subject is diagnosed with the viral illness.

Abstract: A method for identifying a target organism includes extracting a nucleic acid from a sample to form an extracted nucleic acid, amplifying the extracted nucleic acid to form a nucleic acid amplicon, tagging the nucleic acid amplicon with a capture probe and a detector probe to form a detector probe-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex, and performing a detection assay on the detector probe-nucleic acid amplicon-capture probe complex to identify whether the target organism is present in the sample.