Diagnostic Validation of the RealStar® Zika Virus Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Kit for Detection of Zika Virus RNA in Urine and Serum Specimens

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Oct;97(4):1070-1071. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0268. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

Abstract

With the Zika virus outbreak in South America starting in 2015 and its potential to cause malformation of the fetus in infected women, the need for diagnostic methods became obvious. Until now, only limited data are available on the diagnostic performance of commercial kits. Here, we present data comparing the RealStar® Zika Virus RT-PCR Kit 1.0 for detection of Zika virus from 208 serum and urine samples collected in French Guiana with a reference method. Of these, 114 samples tested positive with the RealStar® Kit and 111 with the reference method.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • French Guiana / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Serum / virology*
  • Zika Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Zika Virus Infection / blood*
  • Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology
  • Zika Virus Infection / urine*

Substances

  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic