Postmortem Surveillance for Ebola Virus Using OraQuick Ebola Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019–2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mukadi-Bamuleka, Daniel ; Sanogo, Yibayiri Osee ; Bulabula-Penge, Junior ; Morales-Betoulle, Maria E. ; Fillon, Patrice ; Woodruff, Patrick ; Choi, Mary J. ; Whitesell, Amy ; Todres, Alison M. ; De Weggheleire, Anja ; Legand, Anaïs ; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques ; Formenty, Pierre ; Klena, John D. ; Montgomery, Joel M. ; Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve
• Corporate Authors:
  RDT Working Group3
• Description:
  After a pilot study, we tested 443 cadavers using OraQuick Ebola rapid diagnostic tests during surveillance after the 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. No false negative and 2% false-positive results were reported. Quickly returning results and engaging the community enabled timely public health actions.
• Subjects:
  Diagnostic Tests, Routine Disease Outbreaks Ebolavirus Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/diagnosis Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/epidemiology Humans Pilot Projects
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(2):420-424
• Pubmed ID:
  35076001
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8798676
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0a5313e8365c90122624eac4dddd819ffdd36185b4b5d14904b6a0f59831d4ef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114532/cdc_114532_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB ]