Low cost, low tech SNP genotyping tools for resource-limited areas: Plague in Madagascar as a model.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Cedar L Mitchell, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Rebecca E Colman, Joseph Busch, Heidie Hornstra-O'Neill, Paul S Keim, David M Wagner, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Dawn N Birdsell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pasteur
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006077; https://doaj.org/article/f3e845c6f47141968c29424c333d3a05

Genetic analysis of pathogenic organisms is a useful tool for linking human cases together and/or to potential environmental sources. The resulting data can also provide information on evolutionary patterns within a targeted species and phenotypic traits. However, the instruments often used to gener...