“…Several molecular diagnostic methods, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Lo, Leu, Ho, Chen, Peng, Chen, Chou, Yeh, Huang & Chou ; Manjanaik, Umesha & Karunasagar ; Pantoja & Lightner ; Sukhumsirichart, Wongteerasupaya, Boonsaeng, Panyim, Sriurairatana, Withyachumnarnkul & Flegel ), PCR‐enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Sukhumsirichart, Kiatpathomchai, Wongteerasupaya, Withyachumnarnkul, Flegel, Boonseang & Panyim ), ELISA (Chen, Wang & Shih ), loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) (Kono, Savan, Sakai & Itami ; Nimitphak, Kiatpathomchai & Flegel ), real‐time PCR (Sritunyalucksana, Srisala, McColl, Nielsen & Flegel ; Tan, Soon, Lee, Shariff, Hassan & Omar ; Yuan, Zhang, Chang, Jia, Hemmingsen & Dai ), LAMP combined with lateral flow chromatographic strips (LFCS), in situ hybridization (Pantoja & Lightner ; Phromjai, Boonsaeng, Withyachumnarnkul & Flegel ) and specific immune chromatographic tests (ICTs) (Wang & Zhan ), have been developed for the detection of HPV and WSSV.…”