Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

A comprehensive summary of a decade development of the recombinase polymerase amplification

J Li, J Macdonald, F Von Stetten - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleic acid amplification has permeated every field in the life sciences since the
introduction of the classic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in 1983. Yet, despite its …

Recombinase polymerase amplification: Basics, applications and recent advances

IM Lobato, CK O'Sullivan - Trac Trends in analytical chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is a highly sensitive and selective isothermal
amplification technique, operating at 37–42° C, with minimal sample preparation and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and improvement of isothermal amplification methods for point-of-need plant disease diagnostics

Y Zou, MG Mason, JR Botella - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
A number of isothermal DNA amplification technologies claim to be ideal for point-of-need
(PON) applications as they enable reactions to be performed using a single-temperature …

Suitcase lab for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 based on recombinase polymerase amplification assay

AA El Wahed, P Patel, M Maier, C Pietsch… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In March 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus outbreak was declared as a world pandemic by the
World Health Organization (WHO). The only measures for controlling the outbreak are …

Critical insight into recombinase polymerase amplification technology

MA Munawar - Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is a promising and emerging
technology for rapidly amplifying target nucleic acid from minimally processed samples and …

Detect and destroy: CRISPR-based technologies for the response against viruses

CA Freije, PC Sabeti - Cell host & microbe, 2021 - cell.com
Despite numerous viral outbreaks in the last decade, including a devastating global
pandemic, diagnostic and therapeutic technologies remain severely lacking. CRISPR-Cas …

Recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Monkeypox virus

SD Davi, J Kissenkötter, M Faye… - … and infectious disease, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a rapid method for the detection of Central and West Africa clades of
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) using recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay …

Beyond fever and pain: diagnostic methods for chikungunya virus

MS Natrajan, A Rojas, JJ Waggoner - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus that is primarily transmitted by Aedes species
mosquitoes. Though reports of an illness consistent with chikungunya date back over 200 …

First report of naturally infected Aedes aegypti with chikungunya virus genotype ECSA in the Americas

AL Costa-da-Silva, RS Ioshino, V Petersen… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The worldwide expansion of new emergent arboviruses such as Chikungunya
and Zika reinforces the importance in understanding the role of mosquito species in …