Implementation of a study to examine the persistence of Ebola virus in the body fluids of Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: Methodology and lessons learned

• Gibrilla Fadlu Deen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gibrilla Fadlu Deen, Suzanna L. R. McDonald

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Studies, Internal Medicine, Connaught Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Suzanna L. R. McDonald ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gibrilla Fadlu Deen, Suzanna L. R. McDonald

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: suzannamcdonald@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Comprehensive Care & Support for EVD Survivors, EVD Research, World Health Organization, Freetown, Sierra Leone

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-2812

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• Jaclyn E. Marrinan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comprehensive Care & Support for EVD Survivors, EVD Research, World Health Organization, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Foday R. Sesay,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation 34 Military Hospital, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Elizabeth Ervin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Anna E. Thorson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family, Women's and Children's Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Wenbo Xu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Sierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Ute Ströher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Patricia Ongpin,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Strategic information, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Neetu Abad,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Social & Behavioral Research and Evaluation Branch, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Archchun Ariyarajah,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Comprehensive Care & Support for EVD Survivors, EVD Research, World Health Organization, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Tasneem Malik,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Global Activities, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Hongtu Liu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Sierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Christine Ross,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation HIV Care and Treatment Branch, Division of Global HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kara N. Durski,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pandemic and Epidemic Disease Department, Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Philippe Gaillard,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comprehensive Care & Support for EVD Survivors, EVD Research, World Health Organization, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Oliver Morgan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Pierre Formenty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Pandemic and Epidemic Disease Department, Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Barbara Knust ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Nathalie Broutet ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family, Women's and Children's Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Foday Sahr ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation 34 Military Hospital, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• on behalf of the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group

  ¶Membership of the Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

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