Development of a simple and rapid assay for early diphtheria diagnosis.

Project Information

DIFTERIA

Grant agreement ID: 843405

DOI 10.3030/843405

Project closed

EC signature date 27 March 2019

Start date 1 March 2020

End date 28 February 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 174 806,40

EU contribution € 174 806,40

Coordinated by

SENOVA GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNICK MBH
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Detection of diphtheria toxin production by toxigenic corynebacteria using an optimised Elek test

Author(s): Melnikov V.G., Berger A., Sing A.
Published in: Infection. A Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue 2 September 2022, 2022, ISSN 0300-8126
Publisher: Urban und Vogel Medien und Medizin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-022-01903-x

Determination of diphtheria toxin in bacterial cultures by enzyme immunoassay

Author(s): Simonova M.A., Melnikov V.G., Lakhtina O.E., Komaleva R.L., Berger A., Sing A., Zavriev S.K.
Published in: Diagnostics, Issue 2022, 12(9), 2204, 2022, ISSN 2075-4418
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12092204

Spatiotemporal persistence of multiple, diverse clades and toxins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Author(s): Robert C. Will, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Naresh Chand Sharma, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Lucky Sangal, Pradeep Haldar, Agila Kumari Pragasam, Karthick Vasudevan, Dhirendra Kumar, Bhabatosh Das, Eva Heinz, Vyacheslav Melnikov, Stephen Baker, Vartul Sangal, Gordon Dougan, Ankur Mutreja
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 12/1, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21870-5

Conference proceedings (5)

Development of an immunochromatographic assay for rapid detection of diphtheria toxin-producing corynebacteria

Author(s): Vyacheslav Melnikov, Anja Berger, Andreas Sing
Published in: Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology [DGHM], 12–14 September 2021., 2021, Page(s) 245 RKP, P. 84
Publisher: German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology e. V.

An optimised Elek test for the identification of toxigenic corynebacteria

Author(s): V. Melnikov, A. Berger, A. Sing
Published in: Proceedings of the 74th German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) Society Annual Meeting, 5–7 Sept 2022, Berlin, GERMANY, Issue Poster 11 Referenzzentren & Konsiliarlaboratorien (StAG RK), 2022, Page(s) 219/RKP, ISBN 978-3-948023-24-9
Publisher: DGHM conference

Re-entering the diphtheria laboratory diagnosis

Author(s): Vyacheslav Melnikov, Anja Berger, Andreas Sing
Published in: “Umwelt-Higiene-Arbeitsmedizin (Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)”, 9. Bayerischer Kongress für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst vom 22. – 24. September 2021 (Online- Kongress) One Health – eine Gesundheit., Issue Volume 26, No 4, 2021, Page(s) P. 166-167
Publisher: EcoMed Medizin. Organ of Society of Hygiene, Environment and Public Health Sciences
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7451430

Development of immunoassay for detection of diphtheria toxin

Author(s): Lakhtina O.E., Simonova M.A., Melnikov V.G., Zavriev S.K.
Published in: Problemy medicinskoj mikologii, Issue Volume 22, number 3. 4 times a year, 2020, Page(s) 97-98, ISSN 1999-6780
Publisher: Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Mycology of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Rapid Identification of the Diphtheria Agent

Author(s): V. Melnikov, A. Berger, A. Sing
Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Issue TOPIC 20: INNOVATIONS IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR EMERGING DISEASES PS20.01 (54)| VOLUME 116, SUPPLEMENT , S94, MARCH 01, 2022, 2022, Page(s) S94, ISSN 1201-9712
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.221