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. 2015 Jul;53(7):2368-70.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00527-15. Epub 2015 May 13.

Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone

Tomasz A Leski  1 , Rashid Ansumana  2 , Chris R Taitt  3 , Joseph M Lamin  4 , Umaru Bangura  4 , Joseph Lahai  4 , George Mbayo  5 , Mohamed B Kanneh  5 , Ben Bawo  5 , Alfred S Bockarie  4 , Matt Scullion  6 , Cynthia L Phillips  6 , Cynthia P Horner  5 , Kathryn H Jacobsen  7 , David A Stenger  3
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Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone

Tomasz A Leski et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jul.

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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