A Field-Deployable Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of the Chikungunya Virus

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus currently transmitted in about 60 countries. CHIKV causes acute flu-like symptoms and in many cases prolonged musculoskeletal and joint pain. Detection of the infection is mostly done using RT-RCR or ELISA, which are not suitable for po...

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Autores principales: Patel, Pranav, Abd El Wahed, Ahmed, Faye, Oumar, Prüger, Pauline, Kaiser, Marco, Thaloengsok, Sasikanya, Ubol, Sukathida, Sakuntabhai, Anavaj, Leparc-Goffart, Isabelle, Hufert, Frank T., Sall, Amadou A., Weidmann, Manfred, Niedrig, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27685649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004953

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