Filipino medical technicians demonstrate dengue diagnostic test
epa01843815 A Filipino medical technician transfers liquid vials during a demonstration of a dengue diagnostic test in a laboratory at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City, eastern Manila, Philippines on 01 September 2009. A dengue diagnostic test has been developed by a Filipino private hospital, that also hosts a research biotechnology division on the deadly tropical disease. Some 20,000 deaths around the world are recorded yearly due to dengue. EPA/ALANAH M. TORRALBA