Two companies have recently announced development and/or release of Zika virus assay. MD Biosciences has released a rapid assay to detect the virus in human blood and urine samples, and Luminex is partnering with University of São Paulo, Brazil to validate an assay that detects multiple infectious agents, including Zika.
If you’d like to learn more, read the MD Biosciences and GenArraytion press releases.
Edit 3/11/2016: Turns out FDA has something to say about the MD Biosciences test. Read about it in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
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