Ebola Laboratory Response at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Campus, Monrovia, Liberia, 2014-2015

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages S169-S176

  De Wit, Emmie ^a   Rosenke, Kyle ^a   Fischer, Robert J ^a   Marzi, Andrea ^a   Prescott, Joseph ^a   Bushmaker, Trenton ^a   Van Doremalen, Neeltje ^a   Emery, Shannon L ^b   Falzarano, Darryl ^a   Feldmann, Friederike ^a   Groseth, Allison ^a   Hoenen, Thomas ^a   Juma, Bonventure ^b   McNally, Kristin L ^a   Ochieng, Melvin ^d   Omballa, Victor ^d   Onyango, Clayton O ^b   Owuor, Collins ^d   Rowe, Thomas ^b   Safronetz, David ^a   Self, Joshua ^b   Williamson, Brandi N ^a   Zemtsova, Galina ^b   Grolla, Allen ^e   Kobinger, Gary ^e   Rayfield, Mark ^b   Ströher, Ute ^b   Strong, James E ^e   Best, Sonja M ^a   Ebihara, Hideki ^a   Zoon, Kathryn C ^c   Nichol, Stuart T ^b   Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^f   Bolay, Fatorma K ^g   Massaquoi, Moses ^f   Feldmann, Heinz ^a   Fields, Barry ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^g Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Ebola virus; Epidemic; Mobile laboratory; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EBOLAVIRUS; LABORATORY; LIBERIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; AFRICA; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SIERRA LEONE; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBERIA; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (U.S.); SAFETY; SIERRA LEONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990895489     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw216     Document Type: Article

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