Establishing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) diagnostics using GeneXpert technology at a mobile laboratory in Liberia: Impact on outbreak response, case management and laboratory systems strengthening
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Establishing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) diagnostics using GeneXpert technology at a mobile laboratory in Liberia: Impact on outbreak response, case management and laboratory systems strengthening
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Keywords
Government laboratories, Liberia, Disease surveillance, Ebola virus, Data management, Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Blood, Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Journal
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages e0006135
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2018-01-06
DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0006135
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