Detecting Zika: A platform for rapid, low-cost diagnostics

In this video, a team of collaborators led by Wyss Core Faculty member James Collins discuss a low-cost, paper-based diagnostic system that they developed for detecting specific strains of the Zika virus, with the goal that it could soon be used in the field to easily screen blood, urine, or saliva samples.

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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