Blood borne pathogen detection in blood and plasma by Microarray
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ABSTRACT: The Blood Borne Pathogen Resequencing Microarray Expanded (BBP-RMAv.2) is a platform that allows multiplex detection and identification of 80 different blood-borne pathogens in one single test, comprising 60 virus, 5 bacteria and 15 parasites. The objective is to evaluate the lowest concentration detected in blood or plasma, species discrimination and applicability of the microarray platform for testing blood donors. Human blood or plasma spiked with selected pathogens (10,000, 1,000 or 100 cells or copies/ml), including 6 viral, 2 bacterial and 5 protozoan pathogens were each tested on this platform. The nucleic acids were extracted, amplified using multiplexed sets of pooled specific primers, fragmented, labeled, and hybridized to a microarray. Finally, the detected sequences were identified using an automated genomic database alignment algorithm. The performance of the BBP-RMAv.2 demonstrated detection for most spiked protozoan pathogens at 1,000 cells/ml, 10,000 cells/ml for bacterial pathogens and as low as 100 copies/ml for viral pathogens. Coded specimens, including spiked and negative controls, were identified correctly for one blood specimen and for two plasma specimens. One negative plasma resulted in a false positive detection of a virus demonstrating the effectiveness of the platform.
INSTRUMENT(S): GeneChip Hybridization Oveer 640, Dell Precision Tower 7910 workstation, Bio-Rad T100 Thermocycler, Affymetrix GCS3000 7G SCANNER
ORGANISM(S): Babesia microti
SUBMITTER: Robert Duncan
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-13972 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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