Sentinel, a collaboration between Ó³»´«Ã½ and the Institute of Genomics and Global Health in Nigeria, will use award to detect and stop outbreaks in low-resource settings.
A low-cost CRISPR-based paper strip test distinguishes between influenza types and can be reprogrammed to recognize different viruses including the H5N1 bird flu virus.
Scientists from the US and West Africa have teamed up to build a better public health network that can quickly detect and respond to emerging viral threats.