Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Yersinia pestis

Kristin W Prentice¹, Lindsay DePalma¹, Jason G Ramage¹+18

• ¹Kristin W. Prentice, MS, is an Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, Rockville, MD. Lindsay DePalma, MS, is a Staff Life Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA. Jason G. Ramage, MS, MBA, PMP, is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Director of Research Compliance, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. Jawad Sarwar, MS, is a Senior Research Scientist, and Nishanth Parameswaran and Mrinmayi Joshi, MS, are Research Scientists; all at Omni Array Biotechnology, Rockville, MD. Jeannine Petersen, PhD, Brook Yockey, and John Young are Microbiologists; all with DHHS/CDC/OID/NCEZID/DVBD/BDB, Fort Collins, CO. Nagarajan Thirunavvukarasu, PhD, is an ORISE Fellow; Christine A. Pillai and Gowri Manickam, PhD, are ORISE Fellow Research Scientists; and Shashi K. Sharma, PhD, is a Research Microbiologist; all at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Molecular Methods Development Branch, Division of Microbiology, Office of Regulatory Science, College Park, MD. Ajay Singh, PhD, is a Research Scientist, Laulima Government Solutions, Contractor Support to USAMRICD, Neurobiological Toxicology Branch, Analytical Toxicology Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Carol Chapman, MS, is a Microbiologist, Geneva Foundation, Contractor Support to the Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD. Julie R. Avila, MS, is a Scientific Associate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Livermore, CA. Stephen A. Morse, MSPH, PhD, is a Senior Advisor, CDC Division of Select Agents and Toxins, and is currently with IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, GA. Kodumudi Venkat Venkateswaran, PhD, is Chief Scientist, Tetracore, Inc., Rockville, MD. Kevin Anderson, PhD, and David R. Hodge, PhD, are Program Managers, Science and Technology Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. Segaran P. Pillai, PhD, is Director, Office of Laboratory Science and Safety, FDA Office of the Commissioner, Silver Spring, MD.