Field Evaluation of Mobile Molecular Differential Tests in DRC and Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate and timely differential diagnoses are a challenge for health care, particularly in infrastructure-poor settings.

Methods

To investigate fevers of unknown origin in Africa, a mobile suitcase laboratory was deployed to DRC and Southwest Nigeria to support the control of the 2018-2020 Ebola virus disease outbreak in North-Kivu and Ituri provinces (DRC) and to provide a point-of-need solution for malaria confirmation during the dry season, respectively.

Results

In DRC, the samples were tested for Ebola virus and the differentials Plasmodium falciparum, Salmonella enterica, yellow fever virus, Dengue virus, and chikungunya virus. In Southwest Nigeria, the samples were not tested for Ebola virus but were tested for the same differentials an

SUBMITTER: Faye M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12569597 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature