Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone
Tomasz A Leski, Rashid Ansumana, Chris R Taitt, Joseph M Lamin, Umaru Bangura, Joseph Lahai, George Mbayo, Mohamed B Kanneh, Ben Bawo, Alfred S Bockarie, Matt Scullion, Cynthia L Phillips, Cynthia P Horner, Kathryn H Jacobsen, David A Stenger, Tomasz A Leski, Rashid Ansumana, Chris R Taitt, Joseph M Lamin, Umaru Bangura, Joseph Lahai, George Mbayo, Mohamed B Kanneh, Ben Bawo, Alfred S Bockarie, Matt Scullion, Cynthia L Phillips, Cynthia P Horner, Kathryn H Jacobsen, David A Stenger
Abstract
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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Source: PubMed