TEST KIT

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Date

September 2015

Description

Chembio Ebola rapid antigen test kit components – test device, buffer solution, lancets, and microsafe tubes.

The Chembio 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), Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc.

Citation

“TEST KIT,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed November 24, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/8248.