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JABSOM researchers developing faster diagnostic test for dengue fever

03 November 2010

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Dengue kills tens of thousands of people worldwide every year, according to faculty at the Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology. Doctoral candidate Esther Volper and Dr. Shannon Bennett showed news crews the labs where they’ve been working on a quicker way to diagnose dengue fever.