Development of nanoparticle-assisted PCR assay in the rapid detection of brain-eating amoebae

Parasitology Research

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1801-1811

  Gabriel, Shobana ^a   Rasheed, Abdul Khaliq ^a   Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Appaturi, Jimmy Nelson ^b   Fen, Leo Bey ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Detection; Naegleria; Nanoparticles; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER NANOPARTICLE; COPPER OXIDE; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; DNA; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSHEET; COPPER; GRAPHITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HELA CELL LINE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COPPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAPHITE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 85045733910     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5864-0     Document Type: Article

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