1. Diagnostic testing in Ebola virus outbreaks.
Diagnostic testing in Ebola virus outbreaks. The information provided for each outbreak includes the affected country (or countries), the agencies primarily responsible for clinical diagnostic testing during the outbreak, where testing took place (the location is shown in parentheses; field laboratories are also highlighted in red), and the primary testing methods used for clinical diagnosis. The size of the box denotes the relative size of the outbreak, categorized in the following groups: <100 cases, 100 to 200 cases, 200 to 300 cases, 300 to 400 cases, and 400 to 500 cases; the West Africa epidemic exceeded 28,600 cases (132). The color of the box denotes the outbreak's Ebola virus species (EBOV, Zaire/Ebola; SUDV, Sudan; BDBV, Bundibugyo). Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; RC, Republic of Congo; MRE, Microbiological Research Establishment; ITMA, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; CIRMF, Centre International de Recherches Medicales de Franceville; PHAC, Public Health Agency of Canada; KEMRI, Kenya Medical Research Institute; NICD, National Institute of Communicable Diseases; UVRI, Uganda Virus Research Institute; INRB, Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale.
M. Jana Broadhurst et al. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2016; doi: /CMR