The role of rapid diagnostics in managing Ebola epidemics

Ebola emerged in West Africa around December 2013 and swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, giving rise to 27,748 confirmed, probable and suspected cases reported by 29 July 2015. Case diagnoses during the epidemic have relied on polymerase chain reaction-based tests. Owing to limited labo...

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Main Authors: Nouvellet, Pierre, Garske, Tini, Mills, Harriet L., Nedjati-Gilani, Gemma, Hinsley, Wes, Blake, Isobel M., Van Kerkhove, Maria D., Cori, Anne, Dorigatti, Ilaria, Jombart, Thibaut, Riley, Steven, Fraser, Christophe, Donnelly, Christl A., Ferguson, Neil M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823022/