title: MassTag polymerase chain reaction for differential diagnosis of viral hemorrhagic fever.
abstract: Viral hemorrhagic fevers are associated with high rates of illness and death. Although therapeutic options are limited, early differential diagnosis has implications for containment and may aid in clinical management. We describe a diagnostic system for rapid, multiplex polymerase chain reaction identification of 10 different causes of viral hemorrhagic fevers.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Briese
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jabado
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Marietjie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venter
authors.forename: Junhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Renwick
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grolla
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Geisbert
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Towner
authors.forename: Jingyue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paweska
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swanepoel
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jahrling
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software