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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Judice CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838246 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20180305 1
Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus has been casually linked with increased congenital microcephaly in Brazil from 2015 through 2016. Sensitive and specific diagnosis of patients with Zika fever (ZIKF) remains critical for patient management. We developed a ZIKV NS5 qRT-PCR assay by combining primers described by Balm et al. and a new Taqman probe. The assay was evaluated and compared with another assay described by Lanciotti et al. (ZIKV 1107) using 51 blood and 42 uri ...[more]