Recombinase polymerase amplification: Emergence as a critical molecular technology for rapid, low-resource diagnostics

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1475-1489

  James, Ameh ^a,b   MacDonald, Joanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Keystone Laboratories International   (Nigeria)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; isothermal amplification; molecular diagnostics; rapid test; recombinase polymerase amplification; resource constrained setting

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; RECOMBINASE;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS DETECTION; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84947127067     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.2015.1090877     Document Type: Review

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