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Creation of a bacteria surrogate to accelerate research on Ebolavirus Zaire
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Coarsey, C., Holmes, Douglas, Singkorat, D., Varghese, Reen
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) is a devastating illness with
high infectivity and mortality rates. The 2014 West African
EVD outbreak was unprecedented in case numbers
and fatalities, and has highlighted the need to
develop rapid Point of Care detection devices. Progress
in the diagnosis and treatment of highly virulent
pathogens like the Ebola virus is often limited by the
small number of labs… more
Full Text: Creation of a bacteria surrogate to accelerate research on Ebolavirus Zaire R. Varghese, D. Holmes, C. Coarsey1, D. Singkorat, A. Shell, W. Asghar1, and N. Esiobu* Microbial Biotechnology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic …