Identifier: DOC:157
Authors: Mackie Sanz, Tania
Abstract:
The plague is a contagious and lethal disease that is fatal for many people, especially in the Third World. There is a need for a rapid and simple diagnostic that is able to detect in a sample the bacteria that causes this disease. Scientific advances have given rise to different possible solutions to this problem, and among these can be found the Lateral Flow Assay (LFA). The purpose of this research is to study the viability of LFA, which is able to detect and identify in a sample the presence or absence of a specific DNA sequence of the bacteria Yersinia pestis , pathogenic agent of the plague. The final result of the experiments was positive, the LFA is able to detect in an assay the presence of the plague bacteria. By way of a diagnostic that can be derived from these tests, economic and easily available for anyone, infected people from underdeveloped countries are able to know if the illness is due to the Yersinia pestis bacteria and, in this way, receive adequate treatment as soon as possible.
Repositori URV