The potential of diagnostic point‐of‐care tests (POCTs) for infectious and zoonotic animal diseases in develo** countries: Technical, regulatory and sociocultural …

EC Hobbs, A Colling, RB Gurung… - … and Emerging Diseases, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Remote and rural communities in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) are
disproportionately affected by infectious animal diseases due to their close contact with …

Detection and Identification of Bacillus anthracis: From Conventional to Molecular Microbiology Methods

AA Zasada - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rapid and reliable identification of Bacillus anthracis is of great importance, especially in the
event of suspected deliberate release of anthrax spores. However, the identification of B …

A structure-dependent ratiometric fluorescence sensor based on metal-organic framework for detection of 2, 6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid

L Chen, D Liu, L Zheng, S Yi, H He - Analytical and Bioanalytical …, 2021 - Springer
In the present work, a structure-dependent ratiometric fluorescence (RF) sensor constructed
with boric acid–modified carbon quantum dots (B-CQDs) and Tb-MOF (MOF-76) was …

Anthrax outbreak: exploring its biological agents and public health implications

SC Ogunleye, MM Olorunshola, KA Fasina… - Frontiers in Tropical …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The (re) emergence of several infectious zoonoses underlines the need for the re-evaluation
of the transmission patterns and key players responsible for effective inter-species transfer of …

Unraveling the binational outbreak of anthrax in Ghana and Nigeria: an in-depth investigation of epidemiology, clinical presentations, diagnosis, and plausible …

RO Adesola, VC Okeke, A Hamzat, DA Onawola… - Bulletin of the National …, 2024 - Springer
Background Anthrax is a zoonotic disease that is still regarded as a public health issue in
develo** nations. This paper aims to discuss the epidemiology of anthrax in Africa, the …

Enzyme-Linked Phage Receptor Binding Protein Assays (ELPRA) Enable Identification of Bacillus anthracis Colonies

P Braun, N Rupprich, D Neif, G Grass - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophage receptor binding proteins (RBPs) are employed by viruses to recognize
specific surface structures on bacterial host cells. Recombinant RBPs have been utilized for …

Blind spot: A braille patterned novel multiplex lateral flow immunoassay sensor array for the detection of biothreat agents

ER Hofmann, C Davidson, H Chen, M Zacharko… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIs) are simple, point-of-care diagnostic devices used for
detecting biological agents or other analytes of interest in a sample. LFIs are predominantly …

Rapid Presumptive Identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei Clinical Isolates Using a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay

KS Venkateswaran, N Parameswaran, J Sarwar… - Health …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
We conducted a comprehensive, multiphase laboratory evaluation of the InBios Active
Melioidosis Detect (AMD) rapid test, a lateral flow immunoassay designed to detect capsular …

Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Francisella tularensis in Suspicious White Powders and …

SP Pillai, L DePalma, KW Prentice, JG Ramage… - Health …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
We conducted a comprehensive, multi-phase laboratory evaluation of the Tularemia
BioThreat Alert®(BTA) test, a lateral flow assay (LFA) for the rapid detection of Francisella …

Enrichment of Bacillus anthracis using phage-derived recombinant fusion proteins

L Guttkowski - 2024 - opus4.kobv.de
Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium causing the
lethal zoonotic disease anthrax. This disease mainly infects herbivores, but many mammals …