Detection of Marburg Virus Disease in Guinea
Fara Raymond Koundouno, Liana E. Kafetzopoulou, Martin Faye, Annick Renevey, Barré Soropogui, Kékoura Ifono, Emily V. Nelson, Aly A Kamano, Charles Tolno, Giuditta Annibaldis, Saa Luicien Millimono, Jacob Camara, Karifa Kourouma, Ahmadou Doré, Tamba Elie Millimouno, Fernand M’bemba Tolno, Julia Hinzmann, Hugo Soubrier, Mette Hinrichs, Anke Thielebein, Glaucia Herzer, Meike Pahlmann, Georges Alfred Kizerbo, Pierre Formenty, Anaïs Legand, Michael R. Wiley, Ousmane Faye, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Amadou A. Sall, Philippe Lemey, Aissatou Kenda Bah, Stephan Günther, Sakoba Keïta, Sophie Duraffour, N’Faly Magassouba
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sponsorship: Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Health through an agreement (ZMV I1-2517WHO005) with the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and agreements (ZMV I1-2517GHP-704, ZMVI1-2519GHP704, and ZMI1-2521GHP921) with the Global Health Protection Program; by grants (GU883/5-1 and GU883/5-2) from the German Research Foundation; by a research and innovation grant agreement (871029-EVA-GLOBAL) with the European Union's Horizon 2020; by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI-ENABLE); and by a grant agreement (RIA2016E-1609) with the PANDORA-ID-NET of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership. The Bern-hard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine is a member of the German Center for Infection Research (partner site in Hamburg, Germany), which provided support for this study. The European Mobile Laboratory in coordination with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine is a technical partner of the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN); the deployment of the European Mobile Laboratory to Guinea has been coordinated and supported by the GOARN Operational Support Team at WHO. Dr. Lemey is supported by a grant agreement (725422-ReservoirDOCS) with the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 and by grants (G066215N, G0D5117N, and G0B9317N) from the Research Foundation-Flanders and by funding from the Wellcome Trust through the Artic Network project (206298/Z/17/Z). The work of Institut Pasteur de Dakar was supported in part by PraesensBio of Lincoln, NE, and by the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Mr. Koundouno, Mr. Ifono, Mr. Millimono, Mr. Kourouma, Mr. Millimouno, and Mr. F. Tolno operate the Laboratoire des Fievres Hemorragiques Virales de Gueckedou and are supported by the Ministere de la Sante et de l'Hygiene Publique in Guinea and the Direction Prefectorale de la Sante of Gueckedou. (German Federal Ministry of Health|ZMV I1-2517WHO005, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine|ZMV I1-2517GHP-704, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine|ZMVI1-2519GHP704, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine|ZMI1-2521GHP921, Global Health Protection Program|GU883/5-1, Global Health Protection Program|GU883/5-2, European Union's Horizon 2020|871029-EVA-GLOBAL, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI-ENABLE), PANDORA-ID-NET of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership|RIA2016E-1609, German Center for Infection Research (Hamburg, Germany), GOARN Operational Support Team at WHO, European Research Council under the European Union|725422-ReservoirDOCS, Research Foundation-Flanders|G066215N, Research Foundation-Flanders|G0D5117N, Research Foundation-Flanders|G0B9317N, Wellcome Trust through the Artic Network project|206298/Z/17/Z, PraesensBio of Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ministere de la Sante et de l'Hygiene Publique in Guinea, Direction Prefectorale de la Sante of Gueckedou)