An Integrated Lab-on-Chip for Rapid Identification and Simultaneous Differentiation of Tropical Pathogens

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Jeslin J L ^a   Capozzoli, Monica ^b   Sato, Mitsuharu ^c   Watthanaworawit, Wanitda ^d   Ling, Clare L ^d   Mauduit, Marjorie ^a   Malleret, Benoît ^a   Grüner, Anne Charlotte ^a   Tan, Rosemary ^c   Nosten, François H ^d,e   Snounou, Georges ^f,g   Rénia, Laurent ^a   Ng, Lisa F P ^a,h  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^d SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS ISOLATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84905499217     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003043     Document Type: Article

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