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Todd A. Cutts1, Bradley W. M. Cook2, Guillaume Poliquin3
1Applied Biosafety Research Program, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada J. C. Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|February 12, 2016
Abstract:
Malaria is an important mimic or coinfection in potential Ebolavirus disease patients. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of the 100% methanol-inactivating Zaire Ebolavirus Makona variant for malaria thin-smear preparation. We determined that 100% methanol completely inactivated the virus after 15 min.
