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EDENext paper explores new assay for YFV

A joint Indian and French EDENext research team report on a new assay for yellow fever virus (YFV), an important arboviral pathogen in much of sub-Saharan Africa and the tropical Americas, in Virology Journal.

Their paper, Development of a SYBR green-I based RT-PCR assay for yellow fever virus: application in assessment of YFV infection in Aedes aegypti, demonstrates the potential usefulness of the assay for detection and quantification of YFV and for studying the replication of YFV virus. As a powerful tool of viral quantification even in a single mosquito, they say, this assay can be useful for studying vector competence and transmission of YFV in potential vectors from endemic and non-endemic areas.

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Published: 21/02/2012

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