Public health officials may soon be able to screen patients for Ebola at border crossings and hospitals with a finger-prick blood test that takes mere minutes. The development of the rapid diagnostic test represents a significant victory for scientists around the world who have been experimenting over the past year with all manner of vaccines, treatments and other ways of eradicating the virus. Nira Pollock, assistant professor of medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, is senior author of the paper. Megan Murray, professor of global health and social medicine, is a co-lead author.
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