HIV Diagnostics and Reference Laboratory (HDRL)
HDRL serves as the final DOD authority for HIV infection status in the Army and is the military’s Tri-Service HIV reference laboratory. This CAP-accredited laboratory conducts more than 400,000 HIV tests per year; oversees another 750,000 tests by the U.S. Army contract laboratory and determines HIV infection status classification for all U.S. Army and Navy personnel.
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COVID-19 Diagnostics
DCB’s involvement with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic started in early January 2020, supporting the Army’s ability to rapidly and accurately test, track and monitor Soldiers and their beneficiaries for symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
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Leishmania Diagnostics Laboratory (LDL)
LDL has provided laboratory evidence of leishmaniasis infection since 1970. CAP-accredited since 2002, LDL is the only U.S. laboratory offering a full spectrum of Leishmania diagnostics including pathology, nucleic acid testing, parasite culture, rapid detection, xenodiagnosis for challenging leishmaniasis cases and protein methods for parasite speciation.
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Specimen Processing Laboratory and BioRepository (SPL/BioR)
The SPL/BioR within DCB oversees the processing, archival storage and shipment of clinical trial specimens collected in support of research efforts for WRAIR - particularly MHRP and EIDB - and the Infectious Disease Research Clinical Program. |