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SUBMITTER: Abd El Wahed A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5309125 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abd El Wahed Ahmed A Sanabani Sabri Saeed SS Faye Oumar O Pessôa Rodrigo R Patriota João Veras JV Giorgi Ricardo Rodrigues RR Patel Pranav P Böhlken-Fascher Susanne S Landt Olfert O Niedrig Matthias M Zanotto Paolo Marinho de Andrade PM Czerny Claus Peter CP Sall Amadou A AA Weidmann Manfred M
PLoS currents 20170125
<h4>Background</h4>Currently the detection of Zika virus (ZIKV) in patient samples is done by real-time RT-PCR. Samples collected from rural area are sent to highly equipped laboratories for screening. A rapid point-of-care test is needed to detect the virus, especially at low resource settings.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In this report, we describe the development of a reverse transcription isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) assay for the identification of ZIKV. ...[more]