Swiss researchers develop portable diagnostic machine for detecting Ebola

Q.  Researchers at Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a low cost diagnostic device to detect Ebola and other diseases on 22nd February 2015. What are the features of this device?
- Published on 23 Feb 16

a. It is portable
b. It is a microfluidic device
c. It operates well with microscopes
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above
 
This low cost machine can be used to monitor endemic, epidemic and pandemic disease outbreaks in resource-limited developing countries that need portable diagnostic equipment that functions outside the hospital. New tests and on site diagnostic testing will benefit from this.

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