Portable test helps identify refugees at risk of outbreaks

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Portable test helps identify refugees at risk of outbreaks

by Lauran Neergaard | AP April 25 at 3:54 PM

WASHINGTON — Call it a lab in a box: Researchers created a device about the size of a toaster that can test a drop of blood to tell, in about half an hour, who’s immune to certain infections and who’s not.

The goal is to find groups of people at risk of outbreaks, especially in impoverished and remote parts of the world, in time to save lives. Wednesday, Canadian researchers reported their novel tool worked pretty well at identifying people vulnerable to measles and rubella in a refugee camp in Kenya.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/portable-test-helps-identify-refugees-at-risk-of-outbreaks/2018/04/25/5c6b8d14-48b9-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html?utm_term=.2edb1993c720