Hi-PCR® Dengue-Chikungunya Multiplex Probe PCR Kit

Arboviral infections are important public health concerns worldwide. For the countries, where there is local transmission of dengue and chikungunya, it is imperative to effectuate range of technical factors that promote prevention and restrict activity of the causative agents, as they share nearly same clinical manifestations during the first week of infection and poses diagnostic challenge to the treating clinicians. Dengue and chikungunya are important mosquito-borne diseases and endemic in India. Each of these diseases contributes substantially to the morbidity, if not diagnosed and managed at an earliest. Fever, joint pain, headache, vomiting and fatigue are common denominator symptoms of dengue and chikungunya with different clinical outcomes. Concurrent infections with these infectious agents cause overlapping of clinical features leading to diagnostic challenges by the physicians. Coinfections with dengue and chikungunya have been reported globally.