Detection of Zaire Ebola virus by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, Sierra Leone, 2014

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 222, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-65

  Liu, Licheng ^a   Sun, Yang ^b   Kargbo, Brima ^c   Zhang, Chuntao ^d   Feng, Huahua ^e   Lu, Huijun ^b   Liu, Wenseng ^b   Wang, Chengyu ^b   Hu, Yi ^b   Deng, Yongqiang ^b   Jiang, Jiafu ^b   Kang, Xiaoping ^a   Yang, Honglei ^e   Jiang, Yongqiang ^a   Yang, Yinhui ^a   Kargbo, David ^c,g   Qian, Jun ^b   Chen, Weijun ^e,f  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b The China Mobile Laboratory Testing Team in Sierra Leone   (Sierra Leone)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL   (China)

^e Beijing BGI GBI Biotech Co Ltd   (China)

^f Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^g AMMS   (China)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT PCR); Zaire Ebola virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE COURSE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIERRA LEONE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS; CHILD; EBOLAVIRUS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; VIROLOGY;

EBOLA VIRUS; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIERRA LEONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931265930     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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