Environmental and Reservoir qPCR (Soil, Water, Armadillo and Squirrel)
Amplification of M. leprae and M. lepromatosis DNA from soil, water, and armadillo and squirrel tissues. It is applied to the investigation of zoonotic and environmental sources rather than to human diagnosis.
- Technology
- Molecular (NAAT) · Environmental surveillance
- What it measures
- M. leprae and M. lepromatosis DNA in non-human samples
- Developer
- Academic surveillance groups, including the National Hansen's Disease Program (USA), Leiden University Medical Center (the Netherlands) and the University of Edinburgh (UK)
- Specimen
- Environmental / animal
- Development status
- LDT with clinical validation
- Regulatory status
- None / RUO
- Intended use
- Investigation of zoonotic and environmental sources of M. leprae
- Main limitation
- Not a test for people, and recovery of DNA from soil, water and animals varies.
- Linked publications
- 59
- Collaborating institutions
- Fiocruz (Brazil), Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (Bauru, Brazil), ICMR-National JALMA Institute (Agra, India)
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