Experiences of outbreak laboratory management in the Ebola Disease outbreak in West-Africa 2014-2015

Citation

Weidmann M, Bailey D, de Lamballerie X, DiCaro A, Doyon S, Faye O, Flevaud L, Fomsgaard A, Hensley L, Koivogui L, Konneh K, Koopmans MP, Magassouba N, Mirazimi A & Adomeh DI (2016) Experiences of outbreak laboratory management in the Ebola Disease outbreak in West-Africa 2014-2015. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CMID), 1 (4). https://www.oatext.com/experiences-of-outbreak-laboratory-management-in-the-ebola-disease-outbreak-in-westafrica-20142015.php

Abstract
During the Ebola Disease outbreak in 2014-2015 West-Africa about 24 organizations operated laboratories at 40 sites in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Representatives of ten organisations which had deployed laboratories to 16 sites across the three countries in West-Africa convened for a two day symposium in Dakar (4-5.02.16) to exchange their experiences. This article summarizes the discussion and points made during the discussion of the laboratory deployment experiences during the epidemic touching organisational and procedural issues.

Keywords
Ebola Disease Virus; West-Africa epidemic; Mobile laboratory deployment

Notes
Additional co-authors: P Jansen van Vuren, K Stroecker, J Paweska, C Picard, H Sheeley, P Smit, AA Sall

Journal
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CMID): Volume 1, Issue 4

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