The contribution of the European high containment laboratories during the 2014–2015 Ebola Virus Disease emergency

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 58-60

  Nisii, C ^a   Vincenti, D ^a   Fusco, F M ^a   Schmidt Chanasit, J ^b   Carbonnelle, C ^c   Raoul, H ^c   Eickmann, M ^d   Hewson, R ^e   Brave, A ^f   Nuncio, S ^g   Sanchez Seco, M P ^h   Palyi, B ⁱ   Kis, Z ⁱ   Zange, S ^j   Nitsche, A ^k   Kurth, A ^k   Strasser, M ^l   Capobianchi, M R ^a   Ozin, A ^m   Guglielmetti, P ⁿ   Menel Lemos, C ⁿ   Jacob, D ^k   Grunow, R ^k   Ippolito, G ^a   Di Caro, A ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^j BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^l SPIEZ LABORATORY   (Switzerland)

^m EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

ⁿ EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Biosafety; BSL 4; Ebola virus disease; Emerging diseases; High containment laboratories; Laboratory networks

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ISOLATION FACILITY; LABORATORY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EUROPE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; EMERGENCIES; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84994098525     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.07.003     Document Type: Note

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