Improved Serotype-Specific Dengue Virus Detection in Trinidad and Tobago using a Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR

摘要

Dengue virus (DENV) transmission occurs throughout the Caribbean, though laboratory confirmation and epidemiologic surveillance is limited by the availability of serotype-specific molecular diagnostics. In this study, we show that a serotype-specific DENV multiplex, real-time RT-PCR detected DENV RNA in significantly more samples (82/182) than a reference hemi-nested RT-PCR (57/182; p=0.01).