Validation of the easyscreen flavivirus dengue alphavirus detection kit based on 3base amplification technology and its application to the 2016/17 Vanuatu dengue outbreak.

BACKGROUND:The family flaviviridae and alphaviridae contain a diverse group of pathogens that cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide.Diagnosis of the virus responsible for disease is essential to ensure patients receive appropriate clinical management.Very few real-time RT-PCR based assays are able to detect the presence of all members

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