Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone

Laboratories associated with small hospitals often have limited expertise, personnel, and equipment to rapidly identify rare and emerging infectious diseases. We describe the successful use of the FilmArray system for rapid detection of Ebola virus directly from clinical samples in 6 out of 83 teste...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical microbiology 2015-07, Vol.53 (7), p.2368-2370
Hauptverfasser:	Leski, Tomasz A, Ansumana, Rashid, Taitt, Chris R, Lamin, Joseph M, Bangura, Umaru, Lahai, Joseph, Mbayo, George, Kanneh, Mohamed B, Bawo, Ben, Bockarie, Alfred S, Scullion, Matt, Phillips, Cynthia L, Horner, Cynthia P, Jacobsen, Kathryn H, Stenger, David A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blood - virology Ebolavirus - genetics Ebolavirus - isolation & purification Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - diagnosis Hospitals Humans Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Pharynx - virology Sierra Leone Virology Virology - methods
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Zusammenfassung:	Laboratories associated with small hospitals often have limited expertise, personnel, and equipment to rapidly identify rare and emerging infectious diseases. We describe the successful use of the FilmArray system for rapid detection of Ebola virus directly from clinical samples in 6 out of 83 tested subjects in a small health care center in Sierra Leone.
ISSN:	0095-1137 1098-660X
DOI:	10.1128/JCM.00527-15