The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Nucleic acid detection using CRISPR/Cas biosensing technologies

R Aman, A Mahas, M Mahfouz - ACS synthetic biology, 2020 - ACS Publications
For infectious diseases, rapid and accurate identification of the pathogen is critical for
effective management and treatment, but diagnosis remains challenging, particularly in …

Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease

LC Katzelnick, C Narvaez, S Arguello… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The Zika pandemic sparked intense interest in whether immune interactions among dengue
virus serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV1 to-4) extend to the closely related Zika virus (ZIKV). We …

Field-deployable viral diagnostics using CRISPR-Cas13

C Myhrvold, CA Freije, JS Gootenberg, OO Abudayyeh… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Mitigating global infectious disease requires diagnostic tools that are sensitive, specific, and
rapidly field deployable. In this study, we demonstrate that the Cas13-based SHERLOCK …

Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans

LC Katzelnick, L Gresh, ME Halloran, JC Mercado… - Science, 2017 - science.org
For dengue viruses 1 to 4 (DENV1-4), a specific range of antibody titer has been shown to
enhance viral replication in vitro and severe disease in animal models. Although suspected …

Impact of preexisting dengue immunity on Zika virus emergence in a dengue endemic region

I Rodriguez-Barraquer, F Costa, EJM Nascimento… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The clinical outcomes associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas have been well
documented, but other aspects of the pandemic, such as attack rates and risk factors, are …

Strategies for developing sensitive and specific nanoparticle-based lateral flow assays as point-of-care diagnostic device

JH Soh, HM Chan, JY Ying - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
From a home-based pregnancy self-testing kit, lateral flow assays (LFAs) have proliferated
and gained widespread utilization as point-of-care (POC) test kits. Their prevalence is due to …

Effects of boosting and waning in highly exposed populations on dengue epidemic dynamics

RA Aogo, JV Zambrana, N Sanchez, S Ojeda… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Sequential infection with multiple dengue virus (DENV) serotypes is thought to induce
enduring protection against dengue disease. However, long-term antibody waning has been …

High Zika virus seroprevalence in Salvador, northeastern Brazil limits the potential for further outbreaks

EM Netto, A Moreira-Soto, C Pedroso, C Höser, S Funk… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
During 2015 to 2016, Brazil reported more Zika virus (ZIKV) cases than any other country,
yet population exposure remains unknown. Serological studies of ZIKV are hampered by …

Single-copy sensitive, field-deployable, and simultaneous dual-gene detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA via modified RT–RPA

S Xia, X Chen - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Since the end of 2019, the world is suffering an outbreak of COVID-19
pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) 1 with over 84,000 infections in China …