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The BIOFIRE FILMARRAY suite of panels for diagnosing global travelers allows testing for 65 of the most common pathogens for syndromes acquired while traveling, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, meningitis/encephalitis, and our latest addition, tropical fever.

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Global Travelers Solutions

Projections suggest the annual number of international travelers will reach 1.8 billion by 2030.1 Illness rates among travelers from developing regions range between 43% and 79%.2 With a syndromic approach and multiple panels to choose from, your institution can select the tests that align with your patients' symptoms and travel history, getting them back on the road sooner.

A faster diagnosis can help clinicians improve care and optimize antimicrobial therapy for patients. Through multiplex PCR testing, our BIOFIRE FILMARRAY panels simultaneously test for multiple pathogens in just one test, providing answers in about an hour or less, and reducing the need for additional follow-up tests.

Among returning travelers and migrants with febrile illness, studies have found that tropical infections accounted for 33% of cases and other infectious causes, including gastroenteritis and respiratory infections, accounted for 36%.3

Explore the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY suite of panels to get comprehensive results for returning travelers, faster.

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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® TORCH
SYSTEM & SYNDROMIC PANELS

Respiratory

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BIOFIRE® 
RESPIRATORY 2.1 PANELS 


Up to 23 Targets. ~45 Minutes.

Gastroentestinal

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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY®
GASTROINTESTINAL PANELS


Up to 22 Targets. ~1 Hour.

Meningitis / Encephalitis

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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY®
MENINGITIS / ENCEPHALITIS PANEL

14 Targets. ~1 Hour.

Introducing a single PCR test that can detect viruses, bacteria, and parasites that cause tropical fever

Malaria has been documented to account for one fifth of febrile infection cases among returning travelers and migrants,3 but predominant pathogens vary by geographic region4 and affect 83+ countries worldwide.5, 6 In addition to malaria, illnesses such as dengue, chikungunya, and leptospirosis are also significant health threats.

Presentation of mild, self-limiting illness and severe, life-threatening infections may be similar, complicating efforts to quickly diagnose patients.3 The newest addition to our diagnostic suite for global travelers, the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Tropical Fever (TF) Panel is a fast, easy solution that has demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity over traditional methods.7

Test for 6 significant tropical disease pathogens in about 50 minutes with the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY TF Panel.

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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY®
TROPICAL FEVER
PANEL

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BIOFIRE® FIREWORKS™

Take BIOFIRE Systems further with data-driven decisions. BIOFIRE FIREWORKS offers a centralized data management web portal that delivers comprehensive insights and analytics on BIOFIRE System performance, test results, utilization, pathogen surveillance, workflow management, and more.

Get comprehensive results for returning travelers, faster.

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  1. UNWTO. UNWTO Tourism Highlights: 2017 Edition. UNWTO Tourism Highlights. Published online July 1, 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.18111/9789284419029
  2. Kristina M. Angelo, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Edward T. Ryan, Lin H. Chen, Mark J. Sotir, What proportion of international travellers acquire a travel-related illness? A review of the literature, Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 5, September-October 2017, tax046, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax046
  3. Imogen Buss, Blaise Genton, Valérie D’Acremont, Aetiology of fever in returning travellers and migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 8, December 2020, taaa207, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa207
  4. Gautret P, Parola P, Wilson ME. Fever in Returned Travelers. Travel Medicine. 2019;495-504. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-54696-6.00056-2
  5. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Dengue Worldwide Overview. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Published 2025. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/dengue-monthly
  6. WHO. Malaria. World Health Organization. Published December 11, 2024. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria
  7. Manabe Yukari C, et al. Clinical evaluation of the BioFire Global Fever Panel for the identification of malaria, leptospirosis, chikungunya, and dengue from whole blood: a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Infectious Disease. 2022 Jun; doi: 10.1016/ S1473-3099(22)00290-0.
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