Journal: The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Article Title: Molecular Diagnostic Field Test for Point-of-Care Detection of Ebola Virus Directly From Blood

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw330

Figure Lengend Snippet: List of the Pathogens Used for the Evaluation of the Specificity of Ebola Virus (EBOV) Reverse Transcription–Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP)

Article Snippet: Final reaction products were visualized by electrophoresis on 2% agarose gels stained with ethidium bromide. table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 Table 2. caption a7 Sample Isolate Source Part Number Stock Titer Titer/Test (50 µL) 1 a Marburg virus–Angola UTMB Not available 8 × 10 7 PFU/mL 2 × 10 4 PFU/mL 2 a Marburg virus–Musoke UTMB Not available 4.4 × 10 6 PFU/mL 1.1 × 10 3 PFU/mL 3 a Lassa virus UTMB Not available 1.75 × 10 6 PFU/mL 4.25 × 10 2 PFU/mL 4 a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus UTMB Not available 1 × 10 7 PFU/mL 2.5 × 10 3 PFU/mL 5 Respiratory syncytial virus A (2006 isolate) Zeptometrix 0810040ACF 1.95 × 10 7 U/mL TCID 50 5.36 × 10 3 units 6 Respiratory syncytial virus B (CH93(18)-18) Zeptometrix 0810040CF 1.51 × 10 6 U/mL TCID 50 4.16 × 10 2 units 7 Influenza A virus (Wisconsin/67/05) Zeptometrix 0810252CF 1.41 × 10 5 U/mL TCID 50 3.88 × 10 1 units 8 Influenza B virus (Massachusetts/2/12) Zeptometrix 0810239CF 1.41 × 10 5 U/mL TCID 50 3.88 × 10 1 units 9 Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae ATCC d ATCC 13314 1.30 × 10 8 CFU/vial (1 mL) 3.58 × 10 4 CFU 10 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi Zeptometrix 0801933 1.89 × 10 9 CFU/mL 5.20 × 10 5 CFU 11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC ATCC 10145 9.15 × 10 7 CFU/mL 2.52 × 10 4 CFU 12 Salmonella sonnei ATCC ATCC 29930 >10 4 CFU/mL 2.75 × 10 1 CFU 13 Plasmodium vivax ATCC ATCC 30152 4.90 × 10 6 U/mL TCID 50 1.35 × 10 3 units 14 Plasmodium falciparum ATCC ATCC 30932 2.84% parasitemia/vial (0.7 mL) 0.02% parasitemia 15 Dengue virus serotype 1 (Hawaii) Zeptometrix 0810088CF 2.45 × 10 5 U/mL TCID 50 6.74 × 10 1 units 16 Dengue virus serotype 2 (New Guinea) Zeptometrix 0810089CF 3.16 × 10 5 U/mL TCID 50 8.69 × 10 1 units 17 Dengue virus serotype 3 (strain H87) Zeptometrix 0810090CF 1.15 × 10 7 U/mL TCID 50 3.16 × 10 3 units 18 Dengue virus serotype 4 (H241) Zeptometrix 0810091CF 3.39 × 10 7 U/mL TCID 50 9.32 × 10 3 units 19 Vibrio cholerae (Z133) Zeptometrix 0801902 1.90 × 10 10 CFU/mL 5.23 × 10 6 CFU Open in a separate window Abbreviations: ATTC, American Type Culture Collection; CFU, colony-forming units; PFU, plaque-forming units; TCID 50 , 50% tissue culture infective dose; UTMB, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. a Specificity experiments using these pathogens were done at the UTMB in a biosafety level 4 facility.

Techniques: Virus, Amplification

Journal: Emerging Microbes & Infections

Article Title: Convalescent patient-derived monoclonal antibodies targeting different epitopes of E protein confer protection against Zika virus in a neonatal mouse model

doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1614885

Figure Lengend Snippet: Binding and neutralizing activities of E-targeted mAbs.

Article Snippet: DENV1 EDIII protein (Cat. no. 40531-V08B), DENV2 EDIII protein (Cat. no. 40471-V08Y3), and DENV4 E protein (Cat. no. 40533-V08B2) were also purchased from Sino Biological Inc.

Techniques: Binding Assay, Neutralization

Journal: Virology Journal

Article Title: The efficacy of inactivated West Nile vaccine (WN-VAX) in mice and monkeys

doi: 10.1186/s12985-015-0282-8

Figure Lengend Snippet: WNV vaccine for horse and candidate WNV vaccines for humans

Article Snippet: Immunogen , Whole virion (NY99) , Whole virion VM-2 , Whole virion WNIRGC07 , WNV prM/E (NY99) Vector: VR-1012 (CMV/R backbone). , WNV prM/E (NY99) Backbone: Yellow Fever vaccine 17D , WNV prM/E Backbone: dengue virus type 4.

Techniques: Plasmid Preparation