In August 2014, the Viral Special Pathogens Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a field laboratory in Sierra Leone in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak. Through March 2015, this laboratory tested >12 000 specimens from throughout Sierra Leone. We describe the organization and procedures of the laboratory located in Bo, Sierra Leone.
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Flint, M., Goodman, C. H., Bearden, S., Blau, D. M., Amman, B. R., Basile, A. J., … Bird, B. H. (2015). Ebola Virus Diagnostics: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212, S350–S358. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv361
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