WHO (World Health Organization) Emergency Use Assessment and Listing for Ebola Virus IVDs (In Vitro Diagnostics): Public Report; Product: Xpert Ebola Assay (2019) | NLM

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WHO (World Health Organization) Emergency Use Assessment and Listing for Ebola Virus IVDs (In Vitro Diagnostics): Public Report; Product: Xpert Ebola Assay (2019)

06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/2019. This five-page document describes the 2019 updated emergency use assessment and listing for Ebola virus in vitro diagnostics for Xpert Ebola Assay, which is a rapid, automated test for qualitative detection of the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. It is performed on the Cepheid GeneXpert Instrument Systems, and is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test intended for the qualitative detection of RNA from the Ebola Zaire virus. (PDF)