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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020

Methanol Fixation, but not Giemsa Staining, Inactivates Ebola and Lassa Viruses in Peripheral Blood Smears Made on Plastic Microscope Slides.

Ryan F Relich, Heinz Feldmann, Elaine Haddock

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ryan F RelichDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Heinz FeldmannDivision of Intramural Research, Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana.
Elaine HaddockDivision of Intramural Research, Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diseases caused by many highly pathogenic viruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV) and Lassa virus (LASV), present with nonspecific signs and symptoms that overlap with common tropical diseases such as malaria. Initial diagnostic tests performed on patients under investigation for viral hemorrhagic fevers routinely include analysis of peripheral blood smears to detect and quantify

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Azure StainsEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaLassa FeverLassa virusMethanolSpecimen HandlingVirus InactivationAzure StainsMethanol

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PMID32959767
PMCPMC7646817

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