Research ArticleDiagnostics
A point-of-care diagnostic for differentiating Ebola from endemic febrile diseases
- View ORCID ProfileDavid Sebba1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileAlexander G. Lastovich1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileMelody Kuroda1,
- View ORCID ProfileEric Fallows1,
- View ORCID ProfileJoshua Johnson2,
- Ambroise Ahouidi3,4,
- View ORCID ProfileAnna N. Honko2,
- View ORCID ProfileHenry Fu1,
- Rex Nielson1,
- Erin Carruthers1,
- Cyrille Diédhiou3,
- Doré Ahmadou5,
- Barré Soropogui5,
- John Ruedas6,
- View ORCID ProfileKristen Peters6,
- View ORCID ProfileMiroslaw Bartkowiak1,
- N’Faly Magassouba5,
- Souleymane Mboup3,4,
- View ORCID ProfileYanis Ben Amor7,
- View ORCID ProfileJohn H. Connor6,† and
- View ORCID ProfileKristin Weidemaier1,†
- 1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
- 2Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
- 3Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
- 4Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF), Diamniadio, BP 7325, Dakar, Senegal.
- 5Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, BP 5680, Conakry, Guinea.
- 6Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, 620 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
- 7Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute at Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1040, New York, NY 10115, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: kristin.weidemaier{at}bd.com (K.W.); jhconnor{at}bu.edu (J.H.C.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Translational Medicine 12 Dec 2018:
Vol. 10, Issue 471, eaat0944
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat0944
Vol. 10, Issue 471, eaat0944
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat0944
David Sebba
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Alexander G. Lastovich
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Melody Kuroda
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Eric Fallows
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Joshua Johnson
2Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
Ambroise Ahouidi
3Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
4Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF), Diamniadio, BP 7325, Dakar, Senegal.
Anna N. Honko
2Integrated Research Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
Henry Fu
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Rex Nielson
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Erin Carruthers
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Cyrille Diédhiou
3Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
Doré Ahmadou
5Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, BP 5680, Conakry, Guinea.
Barré Soropogui
5Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, BP 5680, Conakry, Guinea.
John Ruedas
6Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, 620 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Kristen Peters
6Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, 620 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Miroslaw Bartkowiak
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
N’Faly Magassouba
5Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, BP 5680, Conakry, Guinea.
Souleymane Mboup
3Laboratory of Bacteriology and Virology, Le Dantec Hospital, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
4Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF), Diamniadio, BP 7325, Dakar, Senegal.
Yanis Ben Amor
7Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute at Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1040, New York, NY 10115, USA.
John H. Connor
6Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, 620 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Kristin Weidemaier
1Becton, Dickinson and Company, 21 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
