External quality assessment study for ebolavirus PCR-diagnostic promotes international preparedness during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Heinz Ellerbrok; Sonja Jacobsen; Pranav Patel; Toni Rieger; Markus Eickmann; Stephan Becker; Stephan Günther; Dhamari Naidoo; Livia Schrick; Kathrin Keeren; Angelina Targosz; Anette Teichmann; Pierre Formenty; Matthias Niedrig

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005570

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External quality assessment study for ebolavirus PCR-diagnostic promotes international preparedness during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Heinz Ellerbrok ,

* E-mail: ellerbrokh@rki.de

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-7639

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Sonja Jacobsen,

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Pranav Patel,

Current address: TIB Molbiol, Berlin, Germany

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Toni Rieger,

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Markus Eickmann,

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Stephan Becker,

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Stephan Günther,

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Dhamari Naidoo,

Affiliation Infectious Hazard Management department World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Livia Schrick,

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Kathrin Keeren,

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Angelina Targosz,

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Anette Teichmann,

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Pierre Formenty,

Affiliation Infectious Hazard Management department World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Matthias Niedrig

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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External quality assessment study for ebolavirus PCR-diagnostic promotes international preparedness during the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Heinz Ellerbrok,
Sonja Jacobsen,
Pranav Patel,
Toni Rieger,
Markus Eickmann,
Stephan Becker,
Stephan Günther,
Dhamari Naidoo,
Livia Schrick,
Kathrin Keeren

Published: May 1, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005570

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