title: Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone.
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.
authors.affiliation: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA tomasz.leski@nrl.navy.mil.
authors.forename: Tomasz A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-9887
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Leski
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rashid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ansumana
authors.affiliation: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Chris R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Taitt
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lamin
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Umaru
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bangura
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lahai
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mbayo
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Mohamed B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kanneh
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bawo
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Alfred S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bockarie
authors.affiliation: BioFire Defense LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scullion
authors.affiliation: BioFire Defense LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Cynthia P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Horner
authors.affiliation: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.affiliation: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stenger
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000821:virology; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000821:virology; D012807:Sierra Leone; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods*