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

Tomasz A. Łęski | Zendy; Rashid Ansumana | Zendy; Chris R. Taitt | Zendy; Joseph M. Lamin | Zendy; Umaru Bangura | Zendy; Joseph Lahai | Zendy; George Mbayo | Zendy; M Kanneh | Zendy; Ben Bawo | Zendy; Alfred S. Bockarie | Zendy; Matt Scullion | Zendy; Cynthia L. Phillips | Zendy; Cynthia P. Horner | Zendy; Kathryn H. Jacobsen | Zendy; David A. Stenger | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Tomasz A. Łęski,

Rashid Ansumana,

Chris R. Taitt,

Joseph M. Lamin,

Umaru Bangura,

Joseph Lahai,

George Mbayo,

M Kanneh,

Ben Bawo,

Alfred S. Bockarie,

Matt Scullion,

Cynthia L. Phillips,

Cynthia P. Horner,

Kathryn H. Jacobsen,

David A. Stenger

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00527-15

Subject(s) - sierra leone , ebolavirus , ebola virus , virology , healthcare system , medicine , health care , virus , ethnology , political science , law , history

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.

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