A diagnostic polymerase chain reaction assay for Zika virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1501-1505

  Balm, Michelle N D ^a   Lee, Chun Kiat ^a   Lee, Hong Kai ^a   Chiu, Lily ^a   Koay, Evelyn S C ^a,b   Tang, Julian W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Chikungunya; Dengue; Febrile illness; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINGAPORE;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 84864124154     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23241     Document Type: Article

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