The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care nucleic acid-based isothermal amplification assays for scrub typhus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Dixit, S Manikandan, JAJ Prakash, M Biswal… - Frontiers in …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The diagnosis and detection of pathogens such as Rickettsia and Orientia is a
cause of major concern among the public health community. Unavailability of rapid, cost …

[HTML][HTML] Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico: a call to action

G Álvarez-Hernández, R López-Ridaura… - … American Journal of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an ongoing public health crisis in Mexico,
particularly in states bordering the United States. The national highest incidence and …

[HTML][HTML] Spotted fever diagnosis using molecular methods

HG Marques, AJ Ribeiro, AKOA Gadelha… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Rickettsiosis is a disease caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Rickettsia, and is a
potentially fatal zoonotic disease of great medical and veterinary importance. Given the …

Development and evaluation of a rapid visual loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the tcdA gene in Clostridioides difficile detection

M Lin, P Wang, B Lu, M Jin, J Tan, W Liu, J Yuan… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background The tcdA gene codes for an important toxin produced by Clostridioides difficile
(C. difficile), but there is currently no simple and cost-effective method of detecting it. This …