| Literature DB >> 27255410 |
Robert J Meagher1, Oscar A Negrete2, Koen K Van Rompay3.
Abstract
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) infections in Latin America and Southeast Asia has created an urgent need for new, simple, yet sensitive, diagnostic tests. We highlight recent work using paper-based sensors coupled with CRISPR/Cas9 to detect ZIKV RNA as a new approach to achieve rapid development and deployment of field-ready diagnostics for emerging infectious diseases.Entities:
Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9; emerging infectious diseases; molecular diagnostics; paper microfluidics; toehold sensors
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27255410 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.05.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Mol Med ISSN: 1471-4914 Impact factor: 11.951