Storch Lab

Advancing molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases our lab develops tests to detect a wide range of pathogens including all known human herpes viruses, polyoma viruses JC and BK, parvovirus B19, enteroviruses, HIV, Toxoplasma gondii, Bordetella pertussis and parapertussis, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Leptospira, Borrelia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae. We specialize in quantitative assays for CMV, EBV, HHV-6 and BK virus and have implemented commercial tests for HIV RNA, hepatitis C RNA, hepatitis C genotyping and hepatitis B DNA. Our work also includes detecting antiviral resistance in CMV and hepatitis B virus and identifying bacterial antibiotic resistance such as methicillin, fluoroquinolone and macrolide resistance.