PLoS Medicine (Jan 2017)

Bolstering Community Cooperation in Ebola Resurgence Protocols: Combining Field Blood Draw and Point-of-Care Diagnosis.

  • Mosoka P Fallah,
  • Laura A Skrip,
  • Philomena Raftery,
  • Miata Kullie,
  • Watta Borbor,
  • A Scott Laney,
  • David J Blackley,
  • Athalia Christie,
  • Emily Kainne Dokubo,
  • Terrence Q Lo,
  • Stewart Coulter,
  • April Baller,
  • Benjamin T Vonhm,
  • Philip Bemah,
  • Sowillie Lomax,
  • Adolphus Yeiah,
  • Yatta Wapoe-Sackie,
  • Jennifer Mann,
  • Peter Clement,
  • Gloria Davies-Wayne,
  • Esther Hamblion,
  • Caitlin Wolfe,
  • Desmond Williams,
  • Alex Gasasira,
  • Francis Kateh,
  • Tolbert G Nyenswah,
  • Alison P Galvani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002227
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
p. e1002227

Abstract

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Alison Galvani and colleagues describe a community-based protocol to improve cooperation with Ebola testing as well as contact tracing, quarantining, and treatment.