Analytical Performance Characteristics of the Cepheid GeneXpert Ebola Assay for the Detection of Ebola Virus.

Analytical Performance Characteristics of the Cepheid GeneXpert Ebola Assay for the Detection of Ebola Virus.

The recently developed Xpert® Ebola Assay is a novel nucleic acid amplification test for simplified detection of Ebola virus (EBOV) in whole blood and buccal swab samples. The assay targets sequences in two EBOV genes, lowering the risk for new variants to escape detection in the test. The objective...

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Main Authors: Benjamin A Pinsky, Malaya K Sahoo, Johanna Sandlund, Marika Kleman, Medha Kulkarni, Per Grufman, Malin Nygren, Robert Kwiatkowski, Ellen Jo Baron, Fred Tenover, Blake Denison, Russell Higuchi, Reuel Van Atta, Neil Reginald Beer, Alda Celena Carrillo, Pejman Naraghi-Arani, Chad E Mire, Charlene Ranadheera, Allen Grolla, Nina Lagerqvist, David H Persing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4643052?pdf=render

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