Development of chip-compatible sample preparation for diagnosis of infectious diseases

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-206

  Ritzi Lehnert, Marion ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

infectious diseases; lab on a chip; lysis; macro to micro interface; microfluidic chip; nucleic acid isolation; point of care; sample preparation; volume reduction

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DNA BINDING; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTRONICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA; LAB ON A CHIP; MAMMAL CELL; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUTH DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASMA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESEARCH; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84857925765     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.11.98     Document Type: Review

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