A unique formulation of the operative diagnosis of the deadly SARS virus by Japanese scientists. According to experts of the drug is able to detect the virus in 30 minutes. The cost of such a test is about $ 9. Its development, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, involved in collaboration with Japanese pharmaceutical companies, the Ministry of Health and Labour. The device consists of a plastic tube, with a reagent, and an insulating container. The principle is simple: a small piece of the blood or tissue of the mucous membranes in the throat of the patient with a substance in the instrument contain mixed and the solution is placed in a container, inside which a constant temperature of 65 degrees. If turbid after half an agent, this means that the person is ill SARS. In preliminary tests, the accuracy of this method is more than 80%, while the standard method for the identification of the virus usually lasts half a day and at the same time are often the wrong diagnosis.
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