Significance of Adopting Nucleic Acid Amplification Technique for Blood Donor Screening in a Resource Limited Setting: A Study from a Single Centre in South India

Author(s):  
Sudha Ranganathan ◽  
Ranganathan N. Iyer ◽  
Nagalla Balakrishna
2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Chudy ◽  
Julia Kress ◽  
Jochen Halbauer ◽  
Margarethe Heiden ◽  
Markus B. Funk ◽  
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Author(s):  
Kuo Zhang ◽  
Guigao Lin ◽  
Jinming Li

AbstractIn the past few years, interest in the development of digital PCR (dPCR) as a direct nucleic acid amplification technique for clinical viral diagnostics has grown. The main advantages of dPCR over qPCR include: quantification of nucleic acid concentrations without a calibration curve, comparable sensitivity, superior quantitative precision, greater resistance to perturbations by inhibitors, and increased robustness to the variability of the target sequence. In this review, we address the application of dPCR to viral nucleic acid quantification in clinical applications and for nucleic acid quantification standardization. Further development is required to overcome the current limitations of dPCR in order to realize its widespread use for viral load measurements in clinical diagnostic applications.


2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 732-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayse Esra Karakoc ◽  
Rukiye Berkem ◽  
Hasan Irmak ◽  
Ali Pekcan Demiroz ◽  
Idil Yenicesu ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 333-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Luiz Dantas MACHADO ◽  
Denise Oliveira GARRET ◽  
Ipemida Sullayman ADAGU ◽  
David Charles WARHURST ◽  
Marinete Marins PÓVOA

We report an adaptation of a technique for the blood sample collection (GFM) as well as for the extraction and amplification of Plasmodium DNA for the diagnosis of malaria infection by the PCR/ELISA. The method of blood sample collection requires less expertise and saves both time and money, thus reducing the cost by more than half. The material is also suitable for genetic analysis in either fresh or stored specimens prepared by this method.


The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Zhu ◽  
Chang Feng ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Hui Tong ◽  
Tao Gao ◽  
...  

An isothermal nucleic acid amplification technique termed as netlike rolling circle amplification is proposed. Dense and uniform network morphology of amplified products is first observed, suggesting the ultrahigh amplification efficiency.


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