Detection and discrimination of multiple strains of Zika virus by reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification

Abstract Background Monitoring both invasion of Zika virus disease into free countries and circulation in endemic countries is essential to avoid a global pandemic. However, the difficulty lies in detecting Zika virus due to the large variety of mutations in its genomic sequence. To develop a rapid...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiroka Aonuma, Itoe Iizuka-Shiota, Tokio Hoshina, Shigeru Tajima, Fumihiro Kato, Seiji Hori, Masayuki Saijo, Hirotaka Kanuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00274-z