TEST KIT

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Date

2014 – 2016

Description

OraQuick Ebola rapid antigen test kit components – developer solution vials and a blue vial tray.

The OraQuick test for the Ebola virus was developed in the United States and sent to clinics and treatment centers in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea under an emergency use authorization during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola response in West Africa.

Source

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), OraSure Technologies Inc.

Citation

“TEST KIT,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed November 24, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/8246.