Recent molecular techniques for the diagnosis of Zika and Chikungunya infections: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Zika virus (ZIKV) and Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are arboviruses that cause important viral diseases affecting the world population. Both viruses can produce remarkably similar clinical manifestations, co-circulate in a geographic region, and coinfections have been documented, thus making clinical diagnosis challenging. Therefore, it is urgent to have better molecular techniques that allow a differential, sensitive and rapid diagnosis from body fluid samples. This systematic review explores evidence in the literature regarding the advances in the molecular diagnosis of Zika and Chikungunya in humans, published from 2010 to March 2021. Four databases were consulted (Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase) and a total of 31 studies were included according to the selection criteria. Our an

SUBMITTER: Cardona-Trujillo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9404361 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature