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Published online 31 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010906-1
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Direct and sensitive detection of a human virus by rupture event scanning
Researchers hope to hear HIV, hepatitis and 'flu.
A single virus particle can be spotted in medical samples by the sound it makes, UK researchers have found. Their method may offer a quick, sensitive technique for detecting viral infections ranging from HIV to foot-and-mouth.
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