Microfluidic Chip for Molecular Amplification of Influenza A RNA in Human Respiratory Specimens

Qingqing Cao; Madhumita Mahalanabis; Jessie Chang; Brendan Carey; Christopher Hsieh; Ahjegannie Stanley; Christine A. Odell; Patricia Mitchell; James Feldman; Nira R. Pollock; Catherine M. Klapperich

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033176

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Microfluidic Chip for Molecular Amplification of Influenza A RNA in Human Respiratory Specimens

Qingqing Cao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingqing Cao, Madhumita Mahalanabis

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Madhumita Mahalanabis ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingqing Cao, Madhumita Mahalanabis

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jessie Chang,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Brendan Carey,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Christopher Hsieh,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ahjegannie Stanley,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Christine A. Odell,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Patricia Mitchell,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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James Feldman,

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nira R. Pollock,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Catherine M. Klapperich

* E-mail: catherin@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Microfluidic Chip for Molecular Amplification of Influenza A RNA in Human Respiratory Specimens

Qingqing Cao,
Madhumita Mahalanabis,
Jessie Chang,
Brendan Carey,
Christopher Hsieh,
Ahjegannie Stanley,
Christine A. Odell,
Patricia Mitchell,
James Feldman,
Nira R. Pollock

Published: March 22, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033176

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