Analytical and Clinical Performance of a Chikungunya qRT-PCR for Central and South America

Abstract Chikungunya was introduced into the Americas in 2015 causing a pandemic across the continent. Testing during the acute phase of infection relies on qRT-PCR, but available assays have a number of limitations. A qRT-PCR assay specific to the chikungunya E1 gene was designed using sequence dat...

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