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SUBMITTER: Lakshmi V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7107878 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lakshmi Vemu V Neeraja Mamidi M Subbalaxmi M V S MV Parida M M MM Dash P K PK Dash P K PK Santhosh S R SR Rao P V L PV
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20080501 9
An epidemic of Chikungunya fever of unprecedented magnitude occurred in many parts of India in early 2006 after an interval of 33 years, and there has been a resurgence in some parts of South India since June 2007. The article highlights clinical manifestations of infection and various molecular tests that were used for diagnoses of Chikungunya virus infection. Of particular interest is the real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT LAMP) assay, which is rapid and cost-effective and ca ...[more]