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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2025

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

Martin Faye, Sheila Makiala-Mandana, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Oumar Faye, Susanne Boehlken-Fascher, Jonas Kissenkoetter, Jean-Jaques Muyembe-Tamfum, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Patient Okitale-Talunda and 12 more

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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22 authors.

Martin FayeVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-6344
Sheila Makiala-MandanaNational Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-4399
Moussa Moïse DiagneVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5461-5623
Oumar FayeVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-1322
Susanne Boehlken-FascherMicrobiology and Animal Hygiene, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Jonas KissenkoetterMicrobiology and Animal Hygiene, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Jean-Jaques Muyembe-TamfumNational Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-818X
Steve Ahuka-MundekeNational Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5210-864X
Placide Mbala-KingebeniNational Institute for Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-3570
Patient Okitale-TalundaMedical Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Gracia Kashitu MujingaMedical Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Marc-Antoine de La VegaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5969-9990
Gary KobingerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0612-2298
Oyinloye Oladapo ElijahInstitute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2094-1855
Adeleye Solomon BakareyInstitute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-1874
Raifu Muideen KolawoleInstitute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Olusegun George AdemowoInstitute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-5134
Cheikh Tidiane DiagneVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3499-4934
Amadou Alpha SallVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1056-3662
Ahmed Abd El WahedMicrobiology and Animal Hygiene, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3347-6075
Ousmane FayeVirology Department, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
Manfred WeidmannInstitute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-7491

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6 · The paper itself

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 Conclusions: The etiological agents circulating in febrile patients in Sub-Saharan Africa and the true incidence of neglected tropical diseases are still underestimated.

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arbovirusesdifferential testingfever of unknown originmobile suitcase laboratoryneglected tropical diseasesrecombinase polymerase amplification

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