New Device Allows Chikungunya Test Results In An Hour, US Army Reveals
Scientists at a U.S. Army research center have modified an assay that tests whether or not a sample of mosquitoes harbors the virus responsible for the disease known as chikungunya (CHIKV), long a problem in the Old World tropics but recently established in the Americas.
They did not make the assay — a commercial company called VecTOR Test Systems, Inc. did. Instead, the Army researchers tested the test to prove that it works — no small task when dealing with a virus that comes in multiple guises. Their assay is described in an article in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
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They did not make the assay — a commercial company called VecTOR Test Systems, Inc. did. Instead, the Army researchers tested the test to prove that it works — no small task when dealing with a virus that comes in multiple guises. Their assay is described in an article in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
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