The focus of the study were blood samples from Ebola patients that were
obtained during the outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014.
Compared to the only available assay based on ZIKV samples
obtained during the outbreak in Micronesia, the advantage of our assay is that the primers and probe of our rRT - PCR assay were designed and evaluated using genetic diversity and geographic distribution of ZIKV isolated over 36 years.
Not exact matches
The samples were
obtained before,
during and after the peak of the Zika
outbreak.
Rapid sequencing of RNA / DNA from pathogen samples
obtained during disease
outbreaks provides critical scientific and public health information.
Since herpesvirus
outbreaks in adult cats are usually the result of reactivation of dormant herpes infection
obtained during kittenhood, immune - suppression is implicated.