Biosafety level-2 laboratory diagnosis of Zaire Ebola virus disease imported from Liberia to Nigeria.
Olumuyiwa B SaluAyorinde B JamesOlumuyiwa Babalola SaluMercy R OrenoluRoosevelt A AnyanwuMaryam A AbdullahChristian HappiJide IdrisIsmail A Abdus-SalamAbdul-Salam NasidiFolashade T OgunsolaOyewale TomoriSunday A OmilabuPublished in: African journal of laboratory medicine (2016)
Our BSL-2 facility in Lagos, Nigeria, was able to safely detect Ebola virus disease using molecular techniques, supporting the reliability of molecular detection of highly infectious viral pathogens under stringent safety guidelines in BSL-2 laboratories. This is a significant lesson for the many under-facilitated laboratories in resource-limited settings, as is predominantly found in sub-Saharan Africa.
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