A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever Virus infection

Laura C. Bonney; Robert J. Watson; Babak Afrough; Manija Mullojonova; Viktoriya Dzhuraeva; Farida Tishkova; Roger Hewson

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006013

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A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever Virus infection

Laura C. Bonney ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura C. Bonney, Robert J. Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: laura.bonney@phe.gov.uk

Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4650-0516

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Robert J. Watson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura C. Bonney, Robert J. Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Babak Afrough,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Manija Mullojonova,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
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Viktoriya Dzhuraeva,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
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Farida Tishkova,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Virology, Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
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Roger Hewson

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever Virus infection

Laura C. Bonney,
Robert J. Watson,
Babak Afrough,
Manija Mullojonova,
Viktoriya Dzhuraeva,
Farida Tishkova,
Roger Hewson

Published: October 13, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006013

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