Comprehensive Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods Widely Used for Generic Detection of Sandfly-borne Phleboviruses

Overview

Journal Microbiol Spectr

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2024 Mar 8

PMID 38456695

Authors

Ceylan Polat

Nazli Ayhan

Koray Ergunay

Remi N Charrel

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Abstract

Importance: Virus nucleic acid testing is the primary diagnostic method, particularly in the early stages of illness. Virus-specific or syndromic tests are widely used for this purpose. The use of generic primers has had a considerable impact on the discovery, identification, and detection of Old World sandfly-borne phleboviruses (OWSBP). The study is significant because it is the first to carry out a comparative evaluation of all published OWSBP generic primer sets.

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