Mobile Point of Care Diagnostic Testing for Ebola Virus Disease in DRC
Ebola Virus DiseaseMalaria4 moreA mobile suitcase laboratory for EBOV point-of-care (POC) detection at Ebola treatment centers was successfully implemented in Guinea during the large Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West-Africa 2014-2015. It was shown that isothermal amplification (Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA)) could be efficiently used to test suspect EVD cases and local teams were trained in and successfully deployed with this fast method. In the frame of this project we want to train teams in DRC and expand RPA testing capacity to the differentials recommended by the WHO. Existing RPA assays for all parameters will be included into a multistrip for simultaneous use. This will be integrated with a simple biosafe extraction method. Implementing this approach and testing in the ongoing EVD outbreak will provide teams in DRC with response capacity for future EVD outbreaks.
R3470-3471-3479 (REGN-EB3) Expanded Access Protocol (EAP) for Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease
Ebola Virus DiseaseProvide access to REGN-EB3 for the treatment of patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).