Fabrication of nanocoated fibers for self-diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-673

  Reukov, Vladimir ^a   Vertegel, Alexey ^a   Burtovyy, Oleksandr ^a   Kornev, Konstantin ^a   Luzinov, Igor ^a   Miller, Paul ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Biosensors; Fibers; Nanocoating

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIBERS; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CATIONIC POLYMERS; COLORIMETRIC BIOSENSORS; COLORIMETRIC SENSORS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH YIELDS; NANO LAYERS; NANOCOATING; POLYMERIC FIBERS; PRETERM BIRTHS; SELF-DIAGNOSIS; SIALIDASE; SMALL DROPLETS; VISUAL DETECTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DROP FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEXTILE FIBERS;

BIOSENSORS;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOLOGY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DROPS; FIBERS; SENSORS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 64749101561     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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