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

• Main Authors: Pranav Patel (Author), Ahmed Abd El Wahed (Author), Oumar Faye (Author), Pauline Prüger (Author), Marco Kaiser (Author), Sasikanya Thaloengsok (Author), Sukathida Ubol (Author), Anavaj Sakuntabhai (Author), Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (Author), Frank T Hufert (Author), Amadou A Sall (Author), Manfred Weidmann (Author), Matthias Niedrig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 poi...