In low-resource settings, resilience to infectious disease outbreaks can be hindered by
limited access to diagnostic tests. Here we report the results of double-blinded studies of the …

This paper introduces a digital microfluidic (DMF) platform for portable, automated, and
integrated Zika viral RNA extraction and amplification. The platform features reconfigurable …

Background Zika, dengue, and chikungunya are three mosquito-borne viruses having
overlapping transmission vectors. They cause diseases having similar symptoms in human …

Current multiplexed diagnostics for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses are situated
outside the intersection of affordability, high performance, and suitability for use at the point …

Infectious diseases remain the world's top contributors to death and disability, and, with
recent outbreaks of Zika virus infections there has been an urgency for simple, sensitive and …

Several tropical fever viruses transmitted by mosquitoes including zika, dengue, and
chikungunya, are becoming a serious problem in global public health. Simple diagnostic …

Objective To examine the diagnostic performance of real-time reverse transcription (RT)-
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for Zika virus detection. Methods We compared …

The emergence and spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) presented a challenge to the diagnosis of
ZIKV infections in areas with transmission of dengue (DENV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) …

The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak has prompted the need for field-ready diagnostics that
are rapid, easy-to-use, handheld, and disposable while providing extreme sensitivity and …

The recent Zika virus outbreak highlights the need for low-cost diagnostics that can be
rapidly developed for distribution and use in pandemic regions. Here, we report a pipeline …