Title
Development and validation of portable, field-deployable Ebola virus point-of-encounter diagnostic assay for wildlife surveillance
Author(s)
Figueroa, Dania M.;Kuisma, Eeva;Matson, M. Jeremiah;Ondzie, Alain U.;Bushmaker, Trent;Seifert, Stephanie N.;Ntoumi, Francine;Escudero-Pérez, Beatriz; Muñoz-Fontela, César;Walzer, Chris;Olson, Sarah H.;Goma-Nkoua, Cynthia;Mombouli, Jean-Vivien;Fischer, Robert J.;Munster, Vincent J.
Published
2021
Publisher
One Health Outlook
Abstract
Early detection of Ebola virus spillover into wildlife is crucial for rapid response. We developed and validated a portable, cold-chain independent Ebola virus RT-qPCR assay.
Keywords
Ebola virus;Portable diagnostics;Wildlife surveillance;RT-qPCR;zoonoses

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