Based on the success of the Sabin2-based vaccine, a next-generation nOPV2 poliovirus vaccine has been developed. For epidemic monitoring and conducting epidemiological investigations, it is necessary to have a diagnostic assay with the ability to differentiate this variant from others. Here we describe such a real-time RT-PCR assay. The region with the cre insertion in the 5'-UTR was chosen as the target, and the limit of detection was 10 copies/mL (2.5×10 copies/mL using Probit analysis) determined using armored RNA particles. Sensitivity and specificity were 86.28 - 100 % and 76.84 - 100 %, respectively (with 95 % CI). Thus, this method can be effectively used when it is necessary to make a differential diagnosis of poliovirus strains.
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Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Istanbul University, Aziz Sancar Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Department of Neuroscience, Istanbul, Turkiye.
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J Med Imaging Radiat Sci
December 2024
Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Gamma radiation at low doses might have potential health effects in long-term exposure. The current study was aimed to search cell death pathway and inflammatory biomarkers in nuclear medicine workers with long-term exposure to gamma radiation.
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Ruminant Nutrition and Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea.
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December 2024
Institute of Oceanic Engineering Research, University of Malaga, 29010 Malaga, Spain.
On 11 February 2020, the prevalent outbreak of COVID-19, a coronavirus illness, was declared a global pandemic. Since then, nearly seven million people have died and over 765 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported. The goal of this study is to develop a diagnostic tool for detecting COVID-19 infections more efficiently.
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