Development of rapid, automated diagnostics for infectious disease: Advances and challenges

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-651

  Ince, Jennifer ^a   McNally, Alan ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated; Infectious disease; Molecular diagnostics; PCR; Point of care

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOSENSOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIRUS TYPING;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73549105209     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.09.46     Document Type: Review

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