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ArticleJournal of virological methods2008

A rapid point of care immunoswab assay for SARS-CoV detection.

Sriram Kammila, Dipankar Das, Pravin K Bhatnagar, Hoon H Sunwoo, Gustavo Zayas-Zamora, Malcolm King, Mavanur R Suresh

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sriram KammilaFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, 11304-89 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2N8.
Dipankar Das
Pravin K Bhatnagar
Hoon H Sunwoo
Gustavo Zayas-Zamora
Malcolm King
Mavanur R Suresh
University of Alberta · CA

Funding

Ultrasensitive Bispecific Antibody Assay for SARS VirusU01AI061233 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA · PI EL-KADI, AYMAN · 2005 to 2009
$964k
NIAID NIH HHS 5U01AI061233-02NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI061233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) resulted in several outbreaks worldwide. Early tests for diagnosis were not always conclusive in identifying a SARS suspected patient. Nucleocapsid protein (NP) is the most predominant virus derived structural protein which is shed in high amounts in serum and nasopharyngeal aspirate during the first week of infection. As part of such efforts, a simple, easy to use immunoswab method was developed by generating a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), Bispecific MAbs and chicken polyclonal IgY antibody against the SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein (NP). Employing the MAb-based immunoswab, an NP concentration of 200 pg/mL in saline and pig nasopharyngeal aspirate, and 500 pg/mL in rabbit serum were detected. BsMAb-based immunoswabs detected an NP concentration of 20 pg/mL in saline, 500 pg/mL in rabbit serum and 20-200 pg/mL in pig nasopharyngeal aspirate. Polyclonal IgY-based immunoswabs detected an NP concentration of 10 pg/mL in pig nasopharyngeal aspirate providing the most sensitive SARS point of care assay. Results show that the robust immunoswab method of detecting SARS-CoV NP antigen can be developed into an easy and effective way of identifying SARS suspected individuals during a future SARS epidemic, thereby reducing and containing the transmission. The key feature of this simple immunoswab diagnostic assay is its ability to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV antigen within 45-60 min with the availability of the body fluid samples.

Indexed as

Point-of-Care SystemsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCell LineFemaleHumansHybridomasImmunoassayImmunoglobulinsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNucleocapsidSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralIgYImmunoglobulins

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PMID18620761
PMCPMC2678951
OpenAlexW2065966153

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