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SUBMITTER: Townsend MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534008 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Townsend Michael B MB MacNeil Adam A Reynolds Mary G MG Hughes Christine M CM Olson Victoria A VA Damon Inger K IK Karem Kevin L KL
Journal of virological methods 20120905 1
The commercially available Orthopox BioThreat® Alert assay for orthopoxvirus (OPV) detection is piloted. This antibody-based lateral-flow assay labels and captures OPV viral agents to detect their presence. Serial dilutions of cultured Vaccinia virus (VACV) and Monkeypox virus (MPXV) were used to evaluate the sensitivity of the Tetracore assay by visual and quantitative determinations; specificity was assessed using a small but diverse set of diagnostically relevant blinded samples from viral le ...[more]