Since Brazil reported the first case of local transmission in 2015, the number of infections are increasing rapidly also in other countries. Zika virus has the potential to spread through South, Central and parts of North America. In suspected Zika virus infections, Chikungunya and Dengue virus infections should also be ruled out.

altona Diagnostics distributes CE-IVD marked real-time PCR test kits for Zika virus detection as well as Dengue and Chikungunya (RealStar^® Zika Virus RT-PCR Kit 1.0, RealStar^® Dengue RT-PCR Kit 2.0 und RealStar^® Chikungunya RT-PCR Kit 2.0).