References

Real-Time PCR Assays

• Animal Health
  • Ring test evaluation of the detection of influenza A virus in swine oral fluids by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and virus isolation (2016)
  • Influenza A Virus Surveillance Based Pre-Weaning Piglet Oral Fluid Samples (2014)
  • Probability of detecting influenza A virus subtypes H1N1 and H3N2 in individual pig nasal swabs and pen-based oral fluid specimens over time (2013)
  • Probability of detecting Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection using pen-based swine oral fluid specimens as a function of within-pen prevalence (2013)
  • Identification of a genetically diverse sequence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Slovenia and the impact on the sensitivity of four molecular tests (2011)
  • Correlation between Herrold egg yolk medium culture and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction results for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in pooled fecal and environmental samples (2010)
  • Improved Diagnostic Strategy for Foot-And-Mouth Disease in Bulgaria (2010)
  • Real-time PCR, compared to liquid and solid culture media and ELISA, for the detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (2008)
  • Diagnosis of foot-and mouth disease by real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction under field conditions in Brazil (2008)
  • Genetic characterization and molecular epidemiology of foot and mouth disease viruses isolated from Afghanistan 2003 - 2005 (2008)
  • Detection of FMDV: Comparative diagnostic sensitivity of two rRT-PCR assays (2006)
  • Preclinical Diagnosis of African Swine Fever in Contact-Exposed Swine by a Real-Time PCR Assay (2005)
  • Direct Evaluation of Bovine Fecal Samples for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by a Real-Time PCR Commercial Assay (2004)
  • Implementation in Australia of molecular diagnostic techniques for the rapid detection of foot and mouth disease virus (2004)
  • Rapid Detection of Classical Swine Fever Virus by a Portable Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay (2003)
  • Use of a portable rRT-PCR assay for rapid detection of FMDV (2002)
• Human Health
  • Leveraging Arthropod-Borne Disease Surveillance Assays for Clinical Diagnostic Use (2014)
  • A Dry-format Field-deployable Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase-polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Diagnosis of Dengue Infections (2008)
  • Development and Evaluation of Serotype- and Group-Specific Fluorogenic Reverse Transcriptase PCR (TaqMan) Assays for Dengue Virus (2001)

BioThreat Alert®

• Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Suspicious White Powders and Environmental Samples (2016)
• Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Abrin in Suspicious White Powders and Environmental Samples (2014)
• Evaluation of the Tetracore Orthopox BioThreat® antigen detection assay using laboratory grown orthopoxviruses and rash illness clinical specimens (2013)
• Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Ricin in Suspicious White Powders and Environmental Samples (2013)
• Comparison of Hand-Held Test Kits, Immunofluorescence Microscopy, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and Flow Cytometric Analysis for Rapid Presumptive Identification of Yersinia pestis (2007)
• Evaluation of Lateral-Flow Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Detection Kits for Food Analysis (2005)
• Detection of Proteinous Toxins Using the Bio Threat Alert System (2004)

Antibodies

• Simultaneous Detection of Abrin, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin, and Staphylococcus Enterotoxin B (SEB) in Beverages Using Luminex Multiplex Technology (2006)
• Membrane-based on-line optical analysis system for rapid detection of bacteria and spores (2005)
• Detection of Ricin in Food Matrices Using Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-Based Technology (2005)

ELISA

• Detection of Abrin in Food Using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Electrochemiluminescence Technologies (2008)
• Toxicity and Detection of Ricin and Abrin in Beverages (2008)
• Thermal Inactivation of Ricin Using Infant Formula as a Food Matrix (2006)
• Simultaneous Detection of Abrin, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin, and Staphylococcus Enterotoxin B (SEB) in Beverages Using Luminex Multiplex Technology (2006)
• Feasibility of Immunodiagnostic Devices for the Detection of Ricin, Amanitin, and T-2 Toxin in Food (2005)
• Detection of Ricin in Food Matrices Using Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-Based Technology (2005)
• Detection of Abrin in Foods Using ELISA and Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Technologies (2004)
• The Detection of Ricin in Food Matrices Using ELISA Technology (2004)