The case for improved diagnostic tools to control ebola virus disease in West Africa and how to get there

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chua, Arlene C ^a,b   Cunningham, Jane ^c   Moussy, Francis ^c   Perkins, Mark D ^d   Formenty, Pierre ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology   (Singapore)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84934776959     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003734     Document Type: Article

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