{"id":512,"date":"2017-06-15T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2018-03-29T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:12:39","slug":"tac-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/research\/tac-collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"TAC Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>General Informational Guide to TaqMan Array Card Collaborations<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The TaqMan Array Card (TAC) is a 384-well customizable real-time PCR format (from Life Technologies\/Thermo Fisher) that can simultaneously detect 48 multiple infectious disease targets on 8 specimens. The technology compartmentalizes many assays such that (once developed) it is as easy to perform as a single real-time PCR reaction.\u00a0 We find that this makes TAC well-suited for field use, syndromic surveillance, and clinical research.\u00a0 We have developed custom-made cards for enteropathogens\/diarrheal diseases, for pathogens associated with acute febrile illness (with collaborators at CDC), for <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/em> drug resistance mutations, for <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em> serotyping, Malaria drug resistance, and others which we have used these extensively around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to sharing this useful technology widely for research purposes.\u00a0 However, running TaqMan Array Cards is also a considerable undertaking.\u00a0 Please review some of our layouts and publications below, and if you are interested further <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a> by email.\u00a0 Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enteric TAC<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-521 \" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/EntericTAC.png\" alt=\"Enteric Array Card Layout\" width=\"651\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/EntericTAC.png 720w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/EntericTAC-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/strong>Reference:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23175269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liu <em>et al<\/em>., A Laboratory-Developed TaqMan Array Card for Simultaneous Detection of 19 Enteropathogens. <em>J Clin Microbiol<\/em>. Feb 2013; 51(2):472-80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuberculosis Drug Resistance<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524 \" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/TBTAC.png\" alt=\"Tuberculosis TAC layout\" width=\"638\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/TBTAC.png 720w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/TBTAC-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/strong>Reference:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25714709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pholwat <em>et al<\/em>., Integrated Microfluidic Card with TaqMan Probes and High-Resolution Melt Analysis to Detect Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Mutations across 10 Genes. <em>MBio<\/em>. Feb 2015; 6(2):e02273<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acute Febrile Illnesses<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-519\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/AFITAC-1024x757.png\" alt=\"Acute Febrile Illness TAC layout\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/AFITAC-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/AFITAC-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/AFITAC-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/AFITAC.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/strong>Reference:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26491176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liu <em>et al<\/em>. Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Acute-Febrile-Illness Outbreak Investigation and Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens, including Ebola Virus. <em>J Clin Microbiol<\/em>. Jan 2016; 54(1):49-58<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Streptococcus pneumonieae<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-523 \" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/PneumoTAC.png\" alt=\"Streptococcus pneumonia TAC layout\" width=\"413\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/PneumoTAC.png 516w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/PneumoTAC-178x300.png 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/em><\/strong>Reference:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27170020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pholwat <em>et al<\/em>., Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Pneumococcal Serotyping on Isolates and Nasopharyngeal Samples. <em>J Clin Microbiol<\/em>. Jul 2016; 54(7):1842-50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malaria<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-522 \" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/MalariaTAC.png\" alt=\"Malaria TAC layout\" width=\"578\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/MalariaTAC.png 720w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/houpt-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/358\/2017\/06\/MalariaTAC-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/strong>Reference:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28264857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pholwat <em>et al<\/em>. The Malaria TaqMan Array Card Includes 87 Assays for <em>Plasmodium falciparum<\/em> Drug Resistance, Identification of Species, and Genotyping in a Single Reaction. <em>Antimicrobial Agents Chemother<\/em>. 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