| Literature DB >> 26232439 |
Mike Flint1, Christin H Goodman2, Scott Bearden3, Dianna M Blau4, Brian R Amman1, Alison J Basile2, Jessica A Belser5, Éric Bergeron1, Michael D Bowen6, Aaron C Brault2, Shelley Campbell1, Ayan K Chakrabarti1, Kimberly A Dodd7, Bobbie R Erickson1, Molly M Freeman8, Aridth Gibbons1, Lisa W Guerrero1, John D Klena9, R Ryan Lash10, Michael K Lo1, Laura K McMullan1, Gbetuwa Momoh11, James L Massally11, Augustine Goba11, Christopher D Paddock12, Rachael A Priestley12, Meredith Pyle13, Mark Rayfield14, Brandy J Russell2, Johanna S Salzer15, Angela J Sanchez16, Amy J Schuh1, Tara K Sealy1, Martin Steinau17, Robyn A Stoddard18, Céline Taboy1, Maryann Turnsek8, David Wang5, Galina E Zemtsova12, Marko Zivcec1, Christina F Spiropoulou1, Ute Ströher1, Jonathan S Towner1, Stuart T Nichol1, Brian H Bird1.
Abstract
In August 2014, the Viral Special Pathogens Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a field laboratory in Sierra Leone in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak. Through March 2015, this laboratory tested >12 000 specimens from throughout Sierra Leone. We describe the organization and procedures of the laboratory located in Bo, Sierra Leone. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.Entities:
Keywords: Ebola; diagnostics; field laboratory
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26232439 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv361
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226