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Christina L Dean1, Charles E Hill1
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Room H-185D, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Abstract:
The 2014 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak is the largest and deadliest EVD epidemic to date, resulting in fivefold more cases than all other outbreaks combined. This outbreak was particularly devastating to healthcare workers in West Africa and resulted in several EVD patients being medically evacuated for treatment in the U.S. and Europe. Governmental agencies provide recommendations for triaging and testing patients with EVD, however best laboratory practices are still unknown and are very resource dependent.
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