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Immunology and Infection

Visualizing Dengue Virus through Alexa Fluor Labeling

Summer Zhang¹, Hwee Cheng Tan², Eng Eong Ooi³

¹Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, ²Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, ³Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Taking advantage of the advancements in fluorophore development and imaging technology, a simple method of Alexa Fluor labeling of dengue virus was devised to visualize the early interactions between virus and cell.