Genomic Assays for Identification of Chikungunya Virus in Blood Donors, Puerto Rico, 2014

Genomic Assays for Identification of Chikungunya Virus in Blood Donors, Puerto Rico, 2014

A newly developed transcription-mediated amplification assay was used to detect chikungunya virus infection in 3 of 557 asymptomatic donors (0.54%) from Puerto Rico during the 2014–2015 Caribbean epidemic. Viral detection was confirmed by using PCR, microarray, and next-generation sequencing. Molecu...

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Main Authors: Charles Y. Chiu, Vanessa Bres, Guixia Yu, David Krysztof, Samia N. Naccache, Deanna Lee, Jacob Pfeil, Jeffrey M. Linnen, Susan L. Stramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
chikungunya virus
transfusion-transmitted infection
blood donor
ViroChip microarray
next-generation sequencing
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/8/15-0458_article

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