Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of a TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection of Chikungunya Virus

• Main Authors: Anna, Andrew, Citartan, Marimuthu, Wong, Kiing Aik, Tang, Thean Hock, Sum, Magdline Sia Henry, Ch'ng, Ewe Seng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42216/1/Anna%20Andrew.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42216/; https://journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.1128/spectrum.00088-23

Due to the general symptoms presented by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)-infected patients, a laboratory test is needed to differentiate CHIKV from other viral infections. The reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) is a rapid and sensitive diagnostic tool, and several assays hav...