Detection of Ebola virus in oral fluid specimens during outbreaks of Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever in the Republic of Congo

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1521-1526

  Formenty, Pierre ^a   Leroy, Eric Maurice ^d   Epelboin, Alain ^b   Libama, François ^a   Lenzi, Marco ^a   Sudeck, Hinrich ^c   Yaba, Philippe ^d   Allaranger, Yokouidé ^a   Boumandlouki, Paul ^a   Nkounkou, Virginot Blad ^e   Drosten, Christian ^c   Grolla, Allen ^f   Feldmann, Heinz ^f   Roth, Cathy ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Institut de Recherches pour le Développement U034   (Gabon)

^e Ministere de la Sante et de la Population   (Congo)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FILOVIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646749925     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503836     Document Type: Article

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