External quality assessment study for ebolavirus PCR-diagnostic promotes international preparedness during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Jacobsen, Sonja ^a   Patel, Pranav ^a   Rieger, Toni ^b   Eickmann, Markus ^c   Becker, Stephan ^c   Günther, Stephan ^b   Naidoo, Dhamari ^d   Schrick, Livia ^a   Keeren, Kathrin ^a   Targosz, Angelina ^a   Teichmann, Anette ^a   Formenty, Pierre ^d   Niedrig, Matthias ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARBURGVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INACTIVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; LABORATORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85020424821     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005570     Document Type: Article

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