Diagnosis of febrile illnesses other than ebola virus disease at an ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 795-798

  O'Shea, Matthew K ^a,b   Clay, Kate A ^a,c   Craig, Darren G ^a,d   Matthews, Steven W ^a   Kao, Raymond L C ^e,f   Fletcher, Thomas E ^a,g   Bailey, Mark S ^a,c   Hutley, Emma ^a,h  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; Febrile illness; FilmArray; Rapid diagnostics; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA; SIERRA LEONE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940955935     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ399     Document Type: Article

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