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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 52-57Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.05.002
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molecular diagnosis; sequence; phylogeny; dual infection
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Dengue (DEN) and chikungunya (CHIK) have emerged as the 2 most important arboviral infections of global significance. The similarities in clinical presentations, their circulation in the same geographic area, and the transmission through the same vector necessitate an urgent need for the differential diagnosis of these 2 infections. So far, no single assay is reported for differential diagnosis of these 2 infections. In this Study, we report the development and evaluation of a 1-step single-tube duplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (D-RT-PCR) assay by targeting El gene of CHIK and C-prM gene junction of DEN virus (DENV), respectively. The sensitivity of this assay was found to be better than conventional virus isolation and Could detect as low as 100 copies of genomic RNA, which is equivalent to respective virus-specific RT-PCR. The evaluation was carried out with 360 clinical samples from recent CHIK and DEN outbreaks in India. This assay Could also be able to detect dual infection of CHIK and DEN in 3 patients. The phylogenetic analysis based oil the nucleotide sequencing of D-RT-PCR amplicon Could precisely identify the genotypes of all the serotypes of DENV and CHIK viruses (CHIKV). These findings demonstrate the potential clinical and epidemiologic application of D-RT-PCR for rapid sensitive detection, differentiation, and genotyping of DENV and CHIKV in clinical samples. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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