A new test to confirm the virus that causes highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has the potential to detect the often-fatal virus that has affected 131 million domestic U.S. birds since February 2022, scientists at Purdue University announced.
The researchers have developed a paper-based assay test that requires minimum training and only a water bath to deliver the results on the presence of the virus. Farmers and those who manage commercial poultry operations can use an oral or nasal swab and transfer the sample to the paper-based devices that can be more easily read than current diagnostic methodologies. The so-called loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) system has the potential to be used across several species that could be affected by HPAI, including humans, the Purdue researchers said. Read more