hBN nanoparticle-assisted rapid thermal cycling for the detection of acanthamoeba

• Main Authors: Rasheed, Abdul Khaliq, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Mohammed Kabir Ahmed, Salma, Gabriel, Shobana, Jalal, Mohammed Zayan, John, Akbar, Ahmed Khan, Naveed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/83563/7/83563%20hBN%20Nanoparticle-Assisted%20Rapid%20Thermal%20Cycling.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83563/8/83563%20hBN%20Nanoparticle-Assisted%20Rapid%20Thermal%20Cycling%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83563/; https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/10/824
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Acanthamoeba are widely distributed in the environment and are known to cause blinding keratitis and brain infections with greater than 90% mortality rate. Currently, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a highly sensitive and promising technique in Acanthamoeba detection. Remarkably, the rate of h...