The use of a mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance during the 2005 Marburg outbreak in Angola

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Grolla, Allen ^a   Jones, Steven M ^a,b   Fernando, Lisa ^a   Strong, James E ^a,b   Ströher, Ute ^a,b   Möller, Peggy ^c,h   Paweska, Janusz T ^d   Burt, Felicity ^d,i   Palma, Pedro ^e   Sprecher, Armand ^f   Formenty, Pierre ^g   Roth, Cathy ^g   Feldmann, Heinz ^a,b,j  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MOBILE LABORATORY UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARBURG VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGOLA; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MOUTH MUCOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79958002573     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001183     Document Type: Article

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