Molecular Diagnostics for Lassa Fever at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from Two Years of Laboratory Operation

Molecular Diagnostics for Lassa Fever at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from Two Years of Laboratory Operation

In the past, diagnostic testing for Lassa fever patients in Nigeria has been performed nearly exclusively outside of the country. Patients thus were managed on-site based on clinical suspicion alone, posing risks to patients and health care workers and exhausting resources. To tackle this problem, w...

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Main Authors: Asogun, Danny A., Adomeh, Donatus I., Ehimuan, Jacqueline, Odia, Ikponmwonsa, Hass, Meike, Gabriel, Martin, Ölschläger, Stephan, Becker-Ziaja, Beate, Folarin, Onikepe, Phelan, Eric, Ehiane, Philomena E., Ifeh, Veritas E., Uyigue, Eghosasere A., Oladapo, Yemisi T., Muoebonam, Ekene B., Osunde, Osagie, Dongo, Andrew, Okokhere, Peter O., Okogbenin, Sylvanus A., Momoh, Mojeed, Alikah, Sylvester O., Akhuemokhan, Odigie C., Imomeh, Peter, Odike, Maxy A. C., Gire, Stephen, Andersen, Kristian, Sabeti, Pardis C., Happi, Christian T., Akpede, George O., Günther, Stephan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459880/

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