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Flint M, Goodman CH, Bearden S, Blau DM, Amman BR, Basile AJ, Belser JA, Bergeron É, Bowen MD, Brault AC, Campbell S, Chakrabarti AK, Dodd KA, Erickson BR, Freeman MM, Gibbons A, Guerrero LW, Klena JD, Lash RR, Lo MK, McMullan LK, Momoh G, Massally JL, Goba A, Paddock CD, Priestley RA, Pyle M, Rayfield M, Russell BJ, Salzer JS, Sanchez AJ, Schuh AJ, Sealy TK, Steinau M, Stoddard RA, Taboy C, Turnsek M, Wang D, Zemtsova GE, Zivcec M, Spiropoulou CF, Ströher U, Towner JS, Nichol ST, Bird BH. Ebola Virus Diagnostics: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015. J Infect Dis 2015; 212 Suppl 2:S350-8. [PMID: 26232439 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | - Scott Bearden
- Bacterial Diseases branches, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
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- Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone
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- Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone
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- Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone
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- Office of Technology and Innovation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, Immunology and Pathogenesis
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