The standard molecular technique to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus is Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR). It requires sophisticated equipment and a time-consuming sample process. Cross Priming Amplification (CPA) nucleic acid amplification that amplifies DNA with high specificity efficiency under constant thermal conditions. This faster than rRT-PCR doesn't require...

BACKGROUND Mexico introduced inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into its routine immunization (RI) schedule in 2007 but continued to give trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) twice a year during national health weeks (NHW) through 2015. OBJECTIVES To evaluate individual variables associated with poliovirus (PV) shedding among children with IPV-induced immunity after vaccination with tOPV and thei...

Background‘ACROSIS COVID-19 A g (NPS)’ kit (SG Medical, Seoul, Korea) is a newly developed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigen-detection rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA). We evaluated its clinical performance compared with STANDARD Q (SD Biosensor, Suwon, Korea), previously approv...

Effective control and monitoring of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) relies upon rapid and accurate disease confirmation. Currently, clinical samples are usually tested in reference laboratories using standardized assays recommended by The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). However, the requirements for prompt and serotype-specific diagnosis during FMD outbreaks, and the need to establish ...

In late June 2009, we set up a dedicated flu-like illness outpatient consultation in the Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine department of Marseille university hospital to detect the new A/H1N1 pandemic influenza and to contain efficiently the A/H1N1 infected patients. For 3 months, we compiled data corresponding to a total of 307 patients who presented with a flu-like syndrome. 31 of the...

Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (rRT-PCR) assays have greatly contributed to the detection, control, and prevention of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus. To improve the rRT-PCR assays for detection of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus, we evaluated the sensitivity, specificity, and performance of 12 rRT-PCR primer-probe sets [SW (a) to SW (l)] using a panel of virus strains and cl...

Technical Appendix Table. Results of screening for Kyasanur Forest disease virus in human specimens, monkey specimens, and tick pools from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu States, India, December 2012–May 2013* Specimen type, ID no. Date sample collected Specimen type Age of human or monkey Location‡ rRT-PCR result, Ct RT-PCR result Final result Human† 1221197 Nov2012 Serum 22 y Madduru Forest...

During an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), real-time reverse transcription-PCR (rRT-PCR) is the most commonly used diagnostic method to detect viral RNA. However, while this assay is often conducted during the outbreak period, there is an inevitable risk of carryover contamination. This study shows that the carryover contamination can be prevented by the use of target-specific restrict...

Accurate, timely diagnosis is essential for the control, monitoring and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Clinical samples from suspect cases are normally tested at reference laboratories. However, transport of samples to these centralized facilities can be a lengthy process that can impose delays on critical decision making. These concerns have motivated work to evaluate simple-to-u...

Real-time, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) has become one of the most widely used methods in the field of molecular diagnostics and research. The potential of this format to provide sensitive, specific and swift detection and quantification of viral RNAs has made it an indispensable tool for state-of-the-art diagnostics of important human and animal viral pathogens. In...