Development of a dual antigen lateral flow immunoassay for detecting Yersinia pestis.

• Main Authors: Derrick Hau (Author), Brian Wade (Author), Chris Lovejoy (Author), Sujata G Pandit (Author), Dana E Reed (Author), Haley L DeMers (Author), Heather R Green (Author), Emily E Hannah (Author), Megan E McLarty (Author), Cameron J Creek (Author), Chonnikarn Chokapirat (Author), Jose Arias-Umana (Author), Garett F Cecchini (Author), Teerapat Nualnoi (Author), Marcellene A Gates-Hollingsworth (Author), Peter N Thorkildson (Author), Kathryn J Pflughoeft (Author), David P AuCoin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, a zoonosis associated with small mammals. Plague is a severe disease, especially in the pneumonic and septicemic forms, where fatality rates approach 100% if left untreated. The bacterium is primarily transmitted via fl...