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

Authors

• Tomasz A. Leslie
• 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, University of RichmondFollow
• David A. Stenger

DOI

10.1128/JCM.00527-15

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.

Document Type

Article

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00527-15

Publication Date

7-7-2015

Recommended Citation

Leski TA, Ansumana R, Taitt CR, Lamin JM, Bangura U, Lahai J, Mbayo G, Kanneh MB, Bawo B, Bockarie AS, Scullion M, Phillips CL, Horner CP, Jacobsen KH, Stenger DA. Use of the FilmArrayTM system for detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a small hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2015 July; 53(7): 2368–2370.