Rapid and Specific Detection of Lassa Virus by Reverse Transcription-PCR Coupled with Oligonucleotide Array Hybridization

To facilitate sequence-specific detection of DNA amplified in a diagnostic reverse transcription (RT)-PCR for Lassa virus, we developed an array featuring 47 oligonucleotide probes for post-PCR hybridization of the amplicons. The array procedure may be performed with low-tech equipment and does not take longer than agarose gel detection.