Flexibility of mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management during the 2007 ebola-zaire outbreak in the democratic republic of congo

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 151-157

  Grolla, A ^a   Jones, S ^a   Kobinger, G ^a,b   Sprecher, A ^c   Girard, G ^d   Yao, M ^a   Roth, C ^e   Artsob, H ^a   Feldmann, H ^a,b,f   Strong, J E ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Mobile laboratory; Outbreak response; Q RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MARBURG VIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOONOSES;

EBOLA VIRUS; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84866022537     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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