Table 1.

Overview of selected publications describing samples used for viral diagnostic

Type of specimens		Arboviruses					VHFV	Coronaviruses
		CHIKV	DENV	WNV	YFV	ZIKV	EBOV	SARS	MERS
Blood derived samples	whole blood	[139]	[143]	[147, 148]	n.r.	[88]	[160]	[165]	[170]
	peripheral blood (cells)	[139]	[144]	[147, 148]	n.r.	n.r.	[54]	[166]
	peripheral blood (plasma)	[140]	[13]	[149]	[152]	[89]	[54]	[112, 166]
	seruma	[141]	[144]	[149]	[152]	[97]	[52]	[167]	[169]
	umbilical cord blood	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Body fluids	saliva	[19]	[13]	n.r.	?	[88, 89, 97]	[52]	n.r.	n.r.
	urine	[19]	[19]	[75]	[104]	[88, 89, 97]	[54]	[110, 112]	[124]

VHF Viral haemorrhagic Fever, ^a = NAT & Immunological test, n.r. not reported