A new United States Army contracted study has found it is possible to distinguish between different hemorrhagic fevers, including Marburg (Ebola cousin) and Lassa before the person becomes symptomatic. The embargoed study, which appears in the journal BMC Genomics, will allow for the development of better diagnostics, especially during the early stages of disease, when treatments have a greater chance of being effective. Hemorrhagic fevers include … Continue reading RNA test diagnoses Lassa and Marburg hemorrhagic viruses before symptoms show.