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Rapid Ebola detection - certainty in minutes

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January 5, 2015

Researchers in Germany have developed a new test that identifies a protein unique to the Ebola virus from a patient's throat swab within minutes. To carry out the test you do not need any specially qualified staff or a laboratory with expensive equipment.

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