Highly sensitive detection of influenza virus in saliva by real-time PCR method using sugar chain-immobilized gold nanoparticles; application to clinical studies

A highly sensitive and convenient method for detecting influenza virus was developed using modified end-point melt curve analysis of a RT-qPCR SYBR Green method and influenza virus-binding sugar chain-immobilized gold-nanoparticles (SGNP). Because SGNPs capture influenza viruses, the virus-SGNP comp...

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Main Authors: Yasuo Suda, Mami Nagatomo, Risa Yokoyama, Mami Ohzono, Kazue Aoyama, Xu Zhang, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Naoki Murakami, Tadashi Shinoda, Tatsuhiko Hirota, Sae Yanagihara, Jun-Ichiro Nishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Biotechnology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X15000314