Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola virus disease

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 895-898

  Martin, Philippe ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^b,c   Frost, Eric H ^a   Valiquette, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL INLAND HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84939966674     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3671-y     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. WHO Response Team (2014) Ebola virus disease in West Africa–the first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections. N Engl J Med 371:1481–1495
2. WHO (2014) Ebola response roadmap-situation report update. http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/. Accessed 20 Nov 2014
3. Tattevin P, Durante-Mangoni E, Massaquoi M (2014) Does this patient have Ebola virus disease? Intensive Care Med 40:1738–1741
4. Kortepeter MG, Bausch DG, Bray M (2011) Basic clinical and laboratory features of filoviral hemorrhagic fever. J Infect Dis 204(Suppl 3):S810–S816
5. Gire SK, Goba A, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Park DJ, Kanneh L, Jalloh S, Momoh M, Fullah M, Dudas G, Wohl S, Moses LM, Yozwiak NL, Winnicki S, Matranga CB, Malboeuf CM, Qu J, Gladden AD, Schaffner SF, Yang X, Jiang PP, Nekoui M, Colubri A, Coomber MR, Fonnie M, Moigboi A, Gbakie M, Kamara FK, Tucker V, Konuwa E, Saffa S, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Kovoma A, Koninga J, Mustapha I, Kargbo K, Foday M, Yillah M, Kanneh F, Robert W, Massally JL, Chapman SB, Bochicchio J, Murphy C, Nusbaum C, Young S, Birren BW, Grant DS, Scheiffelin JS, Lander ES, Happi C, Gevao SM, Gnirke A, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Khan SH, Sabeti PC (2014) Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak. Science 345:1369–1372
6. Knipe D, Howley P (2013) Fields virology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
7. Rollin P, Nichol S, Zaki S, Ksiazek T (2011) Arenavirus and filoviruses. In Versalovic J (ed) Manual of clinical microbiology, 10th edn. ASM Press, Washington, pp 1514–1525
8. Grolla A, Lucht A, Dick D, Strong JE, Feldmann H (2005) Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola and marburg hemorrhagic fever. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 98:205–209
9. WHO (2014) Update on the WHO emergency quality assessment mechanism for in vitro diagnostics for Ebola virus disease, December 11th 2014. http://www.who.int/diagnostics_laboratory/procurement/141211_evd_idvs_update.pdf?ua=1. Accessed 16 Dec 2014
10. Leroy EM, Baize S, Lu CY, McCormick JB, Georges AJ, Georges-Courbot MC, Lansoud-Soukate J, Fisher-Hoch SP (2000) Diagnosis of Ebola haemorrhagic fever by RT-PCR in an epidemic setting. J Med Virol 60:463–467
11. Chertow DS, Kleine C, Edwards JK, Scaini R, Giuliani R, Sprecher A (2014) Ebola virus disease in West Africa—clinical manifestations and management. N Engl J Med 371:2054–2057
12. Feldmann H, Geisbert TW (2011) Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Lancet 377:849–862
13. Bah EI, Lamah MC, Fletcher T, Jacob ST, Brett-Major DM, Sall AA, Shindo N, Fischer WA, Lamontagne F, Saliou SM, Bausch DG, Moumie B, Jagatic T, Sprecher A, Lawler JV, Mayet T, Jacquerioz FA, Baggi MF, Vallenas C, Clement C, Mardel S, Faye O, Faye O, Soropogui B, Magassouba N, Koivogui L, Pinto R, Fowler RA (2014) Clinical presentation of patients with Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea. N Engl J Med 372(1):40–47
14. Schieffelin JS, Shaffer JG, Goba A, Gbakie M, Gire SK, Colubri A, Sealfon RS, Kanneh L, Moigboi A, Momoh M, Fullah M, Moses LM, Brown BL, Andersen KG, Winnicki S, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Yozwiak NL, Jiang PP, Kargbo D, Jalloh S, Fonnie M, Sinnah V, French I, Kovoma A, Kamara FK, Tucker V, Konuwa E, Sellu J, Mustapha I, Foday M, Yillah M, Kanneh F, Saffa S, Massally JL, Boisen ML, Branco LM, Vandi MA, Grant DS, Happi C, Gevao SM, Fletcher TE, Fowler RA, Bausch DG, Sabeti PC, Khan SH, Garry RF, KGHLF Program C Viral Hemorrhagic Fever WHOCR Team (2014) Clinical illness and outcomes in patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone. N Engl J Med 371:2092–2100
15. Towner JS, Rollin PE, Bausch DG, Sanchez A, Crary SM, Vincent M, Lee WF, Spiropoulou CF, Ksiazek TG, Lukwiya M, Kaducu F, Downing R, Nichol ST (2004) Rapid diagnosis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever by reverse transcription-PCR in an outbreak setting and assessment of patient viral load as a predictor of outcome. J Virol 78:4330–4341
16. Ksiazek TG, Rollin PE, Williams AJ, Bressler DS, Martin ML, Swanepoel R, Burt FJ, Leman PA, Khan AS, Rowe AK, Mukunu R, Sanchez A, Peters CJ (1999) Clinical virology of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF): virus, virus antigen, and IgG and IgM antibody findings among EHF patients in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. J Infect Dis 179(Suppl 1):S177–S187
17. Rowe AK, Bertolli J, Khan AS, Mukunu R, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Bressler D, Williams AJ, Peters CJ, Rodriguez L, Feldmann H, Nichol ST, Rollin PE, Ksiazek TG (1999) Clinical, virologic, and immunologic follow-up of convalescent Ebola hemorrhagic fever patients and their household contacts, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Commission de Lutte contre les Epidemies a Kikwit. J Infect Dis 179(Suppl 1):S28–S35
18. Vogel G (2014) Infectious diseases. Test New Ebola Test Sci 345:1549–1550