1. Current state of chikungunya fever laboratory diagnosis (review of literature)
- Author
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T V Zamarina, E V Pimenova, Khrapova Np, and A.A. Baturin
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Fever ,business.industry ,Clinical Laboratory Techniques ,viruses ,Biochemistry (medical) ,virus diseases ,General Medicine ,Chikungunya fever ,medicine.disease_cause ,Biological materials ,Medical Laboratory Technology ,medicine ,Chikungunya Fever ,Humans ,Chikungunya ,Differential diagnosis ,Intensive care medicine ,business ,Antigens, Viral ,Chikungunya virus - Abstract
The article is about methods of chikungunya fever laboratory diagnosis. An algorithm for the study of biological material for the presence of antibodies against chikungunya virus and virus antigens is presented. The overview describes the information about commercial immunodiagnostic and genodiagnostic kits and their detailed specifications. The information presented in the review will be useful for doctors of clinical laboratory diagnostics to choose a method and an acceptable test system for laboratory confirmation of Chikungunya fever diagnosis, as well as differential diagnosis with other fevers, which have similar symptoms, common geographical distribution and carriers of infection.
- Published
- 2021