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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2016

Clinical Chemistry of Patients With Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia.

Emmie de Wit, Shelby Kramer, Joseph Prescott, Kyle Rosenke, Darryl Falzarano, Andrea Marzi, Robert J Fischer, David Safronetz, Thomas Hoenen, Allison Groseth and 16 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Emmie de WitLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Shelby KramerLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Joseph PrescottLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Kyle RosenkeLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Darryl FalzaranoLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Andrea MarziLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Robert J FischerLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
David SafronetzLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Thomas HoenenLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Allison GrosethLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Neeltje van DoremalenLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Trenton BushmakerLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Kristin L McNallyLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Friederike FeldmannLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Brandi N WilliamsonLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Sonja M BestLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Hideki EbiharaLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Igor A C DamianiMédecins Sans Frontières, Operational Center of Brussels, Ixelles, Belgium.
Brett AdamsonMédecins Sans Frontières, Operational Center of Brussels, Ixelles, Belgium.
Kathryn C ZoonCytokine Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Tolbert G NyenswahMinistry of Health and Social Welfare/IMS, Greater Monrovia.
Fatorma K BolayLiberian Institute for Biomedical Research, Charlesville.
Moses MassaquoiMinistry of Health and Social Welfare/IMS, Greater Monrovia.
Armand SprecherMédecins Sans Frontières, Operational Center of Brussels, Ixelles, Belgium.
Heinz FeldmannLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
Vincent J MunsterLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · USMédecins Sans Frontières · BEMinistry of Health and Social Welfare · TZLiberian Institute for Biomedical Research · LR

Funding

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Disease Modeling and TransmissionZIAAI001089 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FELDMANN, HEINRICH · 2009 to 2025
$50.7M
Virus-Host Interactions: Induction and Evasion of Host Innate ImmunityZIAAI001125 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BEST, SONJA · 2010 to 2025
$28.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of point-of-care clinical chemistry analyzers has enabled the implementation of these ancillary tests in field laboratories in resource-limited outbreak areas. The Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) outbreak diagnostic laboratory, established in Monrovia, Liberia, to provide Ebola virus and Plasmodium spp. diagnostics during the Ebola epidemic, implemented clinical chemistry analyzers in December 2014. Clinical chemistry testing was performed for 68 patients in triage, including 12 patients infected with Ebola virus and 18 infected with Plasmodium spp. The main distinguishing feature in clinical chemistry of Ebola virus-infected patients was the elevation in alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and γ-glutamyltransferase levels and the decrease in calcium. The implementation of clinical chemistry is probably most helpful when the medical supportive care implemented at the Ebola treatment unit allows for correction of biochemistry derangements and on-site clinical chemistry analyzers can be used to monitor electrolyte balance.

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksEpidemicsAdolescentAlanine TransaminaseAlkaline PhosphataseAspartate AminotransferasesChemistry, ClinicalClinical Laboratory ServicesEbolavirusgamma-GlutamyltransferaseHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansLiberiaLiver Function TestsMalariaMaleAlanine TransaminaseAlkaline PhosphataseAspartate Aminotransferasesgamma-Glutamyltransferaseclinical chemistryEbola virusWest Africa

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PMID27471319
PMCPMC5050461
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