| Literature DB >> 22518861 |
Milena Euler1, Yongjie Wang, Peter Otto, Herbert Tomaso, Raquel Escudero, Pedro Anda, Frank T Hufert, Manfred Weidmann.
Abstract
Several real-time PCR approaches to develop field detection for Francisella tularensis, the infectious agent causing tularemia, have been explored. We report the development of a novel qualitative real-time isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay for use on a small ESEQuant Tube Scanner device. The analytical sensitivity and specificity were tested using a plasmid standard and DNA extracts from infected rabbit tissues. The assay showed a performance comparable to real-time PCR but reduced the assay time to 10 min. The rapid RPA method has great application potential for field use or point-of-care diagnostics.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22518861 PMCID: PMC3405570 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06504-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948