Optical Imaging of Paramagnetic Bead-DNA Aggregation Inhibition Allows for Low Copy Number Detection of Infectious Pathogens

• Jacquelyn A. DuVall,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Juliane C. Borba,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Nazly Shafagati,

  Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States of America

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• Deborah Luzader,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Nishant Shukla,

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Jingyi Li,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Kylene Kehn-Hall,

  Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States of America

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• Melissa M. Kendall,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• Sanford H. Feldman,

  Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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• James P. Landers

  * E-mail: jpl5e@virginia.edu

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

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