University of Massachusetts` researchers have developed a paper based test that can diagnose ZIKA infection within 20 minutes.
zika virus and dangue virus are very similar and they are also spread by same mosquito known as (Aedes mosquitoes).As they were very similar so diagnosing was very difficult.
many times you get wrong diagnosis that could lead to severe problems.And some times you had to do many tests and different confirmations for test that was very time consuming,while the virus is very fast in its infection causing.associate professor of engineering at the University of Massachusetts (imberly Hamad-Schifferli) said "It's important to have a single test that can differentiate between the four serotypes of Dengue and Zika, because they co-circulate. They're spread by the same mosquito,"
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