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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2021

RPAcan3990: an Ultrasensitive Recombinase Polymerase Assay To Detect

William J Sears, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Thomas B Nutman

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William J SearsLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Yvonne QvarnstromParasitic Disease Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Thomas B NutmanLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

Clinical And Therapeutic Studies Of Human Filariasis and Related DiseasesZIAAI000439 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI NUTMAN, THOMAS · 2009 to 2025
$14.8M
Molecular Definition Of Filarial And Related Nonfilarial Genes And ProteinsZIAAI000512 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI NUTMAN, THOMAS · 2009 to 2025
$9.9M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the leading causes of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. A field-deployable molecular detection method could enhance both environmental surveillance and clinical diagnosis of this emerging pathogen. Accordingly, RPAcan3990, a recombinase polymerase assay (RPA), was developed to target a region predicted to be highly repeated in the A. cantonensis genome. The assay was then adapted to produce a visually interpretable fluorescent readout using an orange camera lens filter and a blue light. Using A. cantonensis genomic DNA, the limit of detection was found to be 1 fg/μl by both fluorometer measurement and visual reading. All clinical samples known to be positive for A. cantonensis from various areas of the globe were positive by RPAcan3990. Cerebrospinal fluid samples from other etiologies of eosinophilic meningitis (i.e., Toxocara sp. and

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Angiostrongylus cantonensisMeningitisAnimalsBiological AssayDNAHumansRecombinasesDNARecombinasesAngiostrongylusdetectionDNAmeningitisrecombinase polymerase assay

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PMID34132583
PMCPMC8373011
OpenAlexW3167383366

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