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

4,580 views · Published 18 August 2015 · 1:53 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: American Chemical Society · 2015 · Science & Technology

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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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