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ArticleScientific reports2017

A digital microfluidic system for loop-mediated isothermal amplification and sequence specific pathogen detection.

Liang Wan, Tianlan Chen, Jie Gao, Cheng Dong, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Yanwei Jia, Pui-In Mak, Chu-Xia Deng, Rui P Martins

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Liang WanState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Tianlan ChenState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Jie GaoState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Cheng DongState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Ada Hang-Heng WongCancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Yanwei JiaState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China. yanweijia@umac.mo.
Pui-In MakState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Chu-Xia DengCancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Rui P MartinsState-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macao, China.
University of Macau · MO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A digital microfluidic (DMF) system has been developed for loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based pathogen nucleic acid detection using specific low melting temperature (T

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DNA, ProtozoanLimit of DetectionMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisTrypanosoma brucei bruceiDNA, Protozoan

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PMID29109452
PMCPMC5673945
OpenAlexW2765171731

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