Bedside Ebola Test Accurate

A bedside blood test for Ebola detected all of the cases that were positive on a standard assay and most of those that were negative, researchers reported. Importantly, the Corgenix ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test was faster than a widely used commercial assay that employs polymerase chain reactions (PCR), according to Nira Pollock, MD, PhD, of Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues. http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Ebola/52323?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-06-26&eun=g721819d0r