Development of a microwave - Accelerated metal-enhanced fluorescence 40 second, <100 cfu/mL point of care assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 3 PART 2, 2011, Pages 781-784

  Zhang, Yongxia ^a   Agreda, Patricia ^b   Kelley, Shannon ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Geddes, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT); lysis; microwave accelerated metal enhanced fluorescence (MAMEF)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BOW TIE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GOLD FILM; LYSIS; MICROWAVE CAVITY; MICROWAVE-ACCELERATED METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE (MAMEF); MICROWAVE-ACCELERATED METAL-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCES; PATHOGENIC SPECIES; PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY; POINT OF CARE; ULTRA-FAST;

BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASMONS;

MICROWAVES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROWAVE ACCELERATED METAL ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79952028863     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2066275     Document Type: Article

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