Utility of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) to Detect Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil Samples

Patpong Rongkard; Viriya Hantrakun; Sabine Dittrich; Prapaporn Srilohasin; Premjit Amornchai; Sayan Langla; Cherry Lim; Nicholas P. J. Day; David AuCoin; Vanaporn Wuthiekanun; Direk Limmathurotsakul

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005204

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Utility of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) to Detect Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil Samples

Patpong Rongkard,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Viriya Hantrakun,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sabine Dittrich,

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
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Prapaporn Srilohasin,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Premjit Amornchai,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sayan Langla,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Cherry Lim,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Nicholas P. J. Day,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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David AuCoin,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Vanaporn Wuthiekanun,

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Direk Limmathurotsakul

* E-mail: direk@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-5320

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Utility of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) to Detect Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil Samples

Patpong Rongkard,
Viriya Hantrakun,
Sabine Dittrich,
Prapaporn Srilohasin,
Premjit Amornchai,
Sayan Langla,
Cherry Lim,
Nicholas P. J. Day,
David AuCoin,
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

Published: December 14, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005204

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