A simple, cheap test for ebola, dengue and yellow fever.

When a fever strikes in the developing world, the immediate concern may be: Is it the common flu or something much worse that requires quarantine? To facilitate diagnosis in remote, low-resource settings, researchers have developed a paper-based device that changes color, depending on whether the patient has Ebola, yellow fever or dengue. The test takes minutes and does not need electricity to work.

The team from MIT will describe their approach in one of more than 9,000 presentations at the 250th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society.

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[RaphaelLevy]

Well done Kim. I hope it gets really translated. Good luck with finding the partners etc to make it work.

[sherri]

More good news for the world: A simple, cheap test - a  paper-based device that changes color, depending on whether the patient has Ebola, yellow fever or dengue. The test takes minutes and does not need electricity to work. When a fever strikes in the developing world, the immediate concern may be: Is it the common flu or something much worse that requires quarantine? To facilitate diagnosis in remote, low-resource settings, researchers have developed a now soon to be in production - a simple low tech paper test.

[satishgupta]

Great! How this test kit is available and the cost? Can anybody tell me.