Modular development of a prototype point of care molecular diagnostic platform for sexually transmitted infections.
Med Eng Phys
; 38(8): 741-8, 2016 08.
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This paper presents the design of a modular point of care test platform that integrates a proprietary sample collection device directly with a microfluidic cartridge. Cell lysis, within the cartridge, is conducted using a chemical method and nucleic acid purification is done on an activated cellulose membrane. The microfluidic device incorporates passive mixing of the lysis-binding buffers and sample using a serpentine channel. Results have shown extraction efficiencies for this new membrane of 69% and 57% compared to the commercial Qiagen extraction method of 85% and 59.4% for 0.1ng/µL and 100ng/µL salmon sperm DNA respectively spiked in phosphate buffered solution. Extraction experiments using the serpentine passive mixer cartridges incorporating lysis and nucleic acid purification showed extraction efficiency around 80% of the commercial Qiagen kit. Isothermal amplification was conducted using thermophillic helicase dependant amplification and recombinase polymerase amplification. A low cost benchtop real-time isothermal amplification platform has been developed capable of running six amplifications simultaneously. Results show that the platform is capable of detecting 1.32×10(6) of sample DNA through thermophillic helicase dependant amplification and 1×10(5) copy numbers Chlamydia trachomatis genomic DNA within 10min through recombinase polymerase nucleic acid amplification tests.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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Sistemas de Atención de Punto
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Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Eng Phys
Asunto de la revista:
BIOFISICA
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ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido