title: Difficulties of interpretation of Zaire Ebola Virus PCR results and implication in the field.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Department of Microbiology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte Anne, Toulon, France. Electronic address: janvierfred@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Janvier
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Department of microbiology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorbatch
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Department of biology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Queval
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Department of microbiology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte Anne, Toulon, France.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Top
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Institut de Recherche Biomédical des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vigier
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cotte
authors.affiliation: Laboratory, Centre de Traitement des Soignants, Conakry, Guinea; Department of biology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Foissaud
mesh_terms: D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D016701:Guinea; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D010949:Plasma / Q000821:virology; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*