Portable diagnostic device for the detection of bacteria in ultra-low resource environemnts

Jason C. Harper; Melissa Finley; Bryan D. Carson; Thayne L. Edwards; George D. Bachand; William D. Arndt; Julie Lovchik

Portable diagnostic device for the detection of bacteria in ultra-low resource environemnts

Jason C. Harper
, Melissa Finley
, Bryan D. Carson
, Thayne L. Edwards
, George D. Bachand
, William D. Arndt
, Julie Lovchik

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Abstract

Anthrax poses a significant threat to National Security as demonstrated by the terrorist attacks targeting the US Postal Service and Hart Building. Anthrax outbreaks commonly occur in livestock. Consequently, Bacillus anthracis is routinely isolated, propagated, and maintained to diagnose the disease. This practice increases laboratories' repositories of the agent, escalating the risk that it can be stolen. We have developed BaD<inf>X</inf> (2014 R&D100 Awardee), a credit-card sized diagnostic device for use in ultra-low resource environments that is low cost, requires no power, instrumentation or equipment to operate, no cold chain, self-decontaminates post-assay, and is operable by individuals with little/no technical training.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014
Pages	1604-1607
Number of pages	4
State	Published - Jan 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Portable diagnostic device for the detection of bacteria in ultra-low resource environemnts

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