The Virochip is a pan-viral microarray designed to simultaneously detect all known viruses as well as novel viruses on the basis of conserved sequence homology. Here we demonstrate how to run a Virochip assay to analyze clinical samples for the presence of both known and unknown viruses.
Chen, E. C., Miller, S. A., DeRisi, J. L., Chiu, C. Y. Using a Pan-Viral Microarray Assay (Virochip) to Screen Clinical Samples for Viral Pathogens. J. Vis. Exp. (50), e2536, doi:10.3791/2536 (2011).