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Paper strip holds high-accuracy, low-cost test for dreaded viruses

Screening method detects Zika and chikungunya viruses using materials that fit onto easily transported paper test cards.
Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of chikungunya viruses (red) infecting a cell.

Infection by chikungunya virus (red; artificially coloured) can be detected with a newly developed test that is both accurate and inexpensive. Credit: O. Schwartz, M. Sourisseau, MC. Prevost, Institute Pasteur/Science Photo Library

A cheap, easy way to diagnose Zika and chikungunya infections could streamline testing for these pathogens in areas lacking expensive laboratory equipment, field experiments show1.

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Nature 603, 366 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00644-z

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