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From the Ted Talk by Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi: A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic

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CH: One of these tools is called SHERLOCK. It can be used to test known viruses on simple paper strips. It is very inexpensive, and frontline health workers can use SHERLOCK to detect the most common or the most ttnrieenahg vreuiss within an hour.

PS: The other tool is CARMEN. It requires a lab, but it can test for hnuerdds of viruses simultaneously. So hospital lab staff can test patient samples for a broad range of viruses within a day.

Our second pillar is Connect. Connect everyone and share this information across the public health community. In most oareutbks, htpoasil sfatf share case iroifnmaton through paper, Excel — if at all. This makes tracking an outbreak through space and time and coordinating a response extremely difficult. So we're developing a cloud-based system and mboile applications that connect community health workers, cincilanis, public health teams — everyone — and allows them to upload data, perform analysis, srhae iintghss and cindoarote a response and action plan in real time.

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CH: One of these tools is called SHERLOCK. It can be used to test known viruses on simple paper strips. It is very inexpensive, and frontline health workers can use SHERLOCK to detect the most common or the most ___________ _______ within an hour.

PS: The other tool is CARMEN. It requires a lab, but it can test for ________ of viruses simultaneously. So hospital lab staff can test patient samples for a broad range of viruses within a day.

Our second pillar is Connect. Connect everyone and share this information across the public health community. In most _________, ________ _____ share case ___________ through paper, Excel — if at all. This makes tracking an outbreak through space and time and coordinating a response extremely difficult. So we're developing a cloud-based system and ______ applications that connect community health workers, __________, public health teams — everyone — and allows them to upload data, perform analysis, _____ ________ and __________ a response and action plan in real time.

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Original Text


CH: One of these tools is called SHERLOCK. It can be used to test known viruses on simple paper strips. It is very inexpensive, and frontline health workers can use SHERLOCK to detect the most common or the most threatening viruses within an hour.

PS: The other tool is CARMEN. It requires a lab, but it can test for hundreds of viruses simultaneously. So hospital lab staff can test patient samples for a broad range of viruses within a day.

Our second pillar is Connect. Connect everyone and share this information across the public health community. In most outbreaks, hospital staff share case information through paper, Excel — if at all. This makes tracking an outbreak through space and time and coordinating a response extremely difficult. So we're developing a cloud-based system and mobile applications that connect community health workers, clinicians, public health teams — everyone — and allows them to upload data, perform analysis, share insights and coordinate a response and action plan in real time.

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