• Samples: Whole ticks from person or pet
• Sensitivity: < 100 virions per sample
• Signal generation: < 50 minutes
• Instruments: Most RT-PCR instruments
• Point of care: Optigene Genie II

• Used in collaboration with immediate care clinics
• Firebird ships components worldwide for local assembly
• Enzymes can be sourced locally or from Firebird
• Commercial partners sought worldwide
• Developing for environment surveillance with Sparsek FISSH
• Seeking partners for human clinical use

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Yaren et al. (2017) Point of sampling detection of Zika virus within a multiplexed kit capable of detecting dengue and chikungunya. BMC Infect. Diseases 17.1, 293. PMC5399334.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2382-0

A new test in our family of FireLAMP^TM products. See also:

• FireLAMP-COVID^TM
• FireLAMP-HPV^TM