Ebola: Suitcase kit detects virus in 15 minutes, as vaccine testing nears final stages

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Fri, 2015-01-09 12:32 — mike kraft

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES by Jayalakshmi K Jan. 15, 2015

Researchers at DPZ, Germany, have developed a simple Ebola diagnostics kit that detects the virus in 15 minutes, without requiring any electricity, cold chain or lab equipment.

Infection researcher Dr Ahmed Abd El Wahed and the head of the Unit of Infection Models at the German Primate Center (DPZ), Dr med. vet. Christiane Stahl-Hennig, present the ebola suitcase laboratory Abd El Wahed invented.Karin Tilch, DPZ

The diagnostics-in-a-suitcase that comes equipped with all the required reagents is operated by an integrated solar panel and a power pack.

The kit promises even faster detection than the Roche diagnostic test recently approved by FDA for emergency use. The kit would be timely in detection of cases in remote parts of West Africa where electricity and lab equipment are scarce.

It will enter a field trial in Guinea in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal, the Public Health Institute of Guinea, the University of Stirling, Robert Koch Institute, and TwistDx Ltd.

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-suitcase-kit-detects-virus-15-minutes-vaccine-testing-nears-final-stages-1482584

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