Rapid Confirmation of the Zaire Ebola Virus in the Outbreak of the Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Implications for Public Health Interventions.
Placide Mbala-Kingebeni;
Christian-Julian Villabona-Arenas;
Nicole Vidal;
Jacques Likofata;
Justus Nsio-Mbeta;
Sheila Makiala-Mandanda;
Daniel Mukadi;
Patrick Mukadi;
Charles Kumakamba;
Bathe Djokolo;
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Ahidjo Ayouba;
Eric Delaporte;
Martine Peeters;
Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum;
Steve Ahuka-Mundeke;
(2018)
Rapid Confirmation of the Zaire Ebola Virus in the Outbreak of the Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Implications for Public Health Interventions.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68 (2).
pp. 330-333.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy527
Ten days after the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rapid identification of the species Zaire Ebola virus using partial gene amplification and nanopore sequencing backed up the use of the recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-Zaire Ebola virus vaccine in the recommended ring vaccination strategy.
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