The East African Community mobile laboratory network prepares for monkeypox outbreaks
| Autor: | Forian Gehre, Hakim Idris Lagu, Emmanuel Achol, Neema Omari, Grace Ochido, Kerstin Shand, Andrea Molina Alvarado, Gerd Ruge, Eric Kezakarayagwa, Francine Kabatesi, Théogene Ihorimbere, Anatole Nkeshimana, Abdi Roba, Millicent Nyakio Ndia, Susan Mahuro Githii, John Ndemi Kiiru, Donald Duku Samson, Gwokpan Awin Nykwec, Isaac Gatkuoth Chot Moun, Lul Lojok Deng, Maria Ezekiely Kelly, Peter Bernard Mtesigwa Mkama, Felician L. Msigwa, Alex Magesa, Godfrey Pimundu, Tonny Muyigi, Susan Ndidde Nabadda, Eric Nzeyimana, Juergen May, Muna Affara |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 14, Iss 6 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2038-9922 2038-9930 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/jphia.2023.2309 |
| Popis: | In response to the largest recorded monkeypox virus outbreak outside of endemic Central and Western Africa, the East African Community (EAC), in cooperation with the Bernhard-Nocht- Institute for Tropical Medicine, coordinated an emergency monkeypox diagnostic training for the East African Region. As of June 2022, the Democratic Republic of Congo reported a steady increase of suspected monkeypox cases, increasing the risk of spill-over into the remaining six EAC Partner States. Within the existing EAC Mobile Laboratories project, laboratory experts of the National Public Health Laboratories of the remaining six EAC Partner States (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan) participated in the workshop and were trained in the reception of suspect samples, DNA extraction and diagnosis using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The EAC region is now equipped with the tools to prepare and rapidly respond to any emerging monkeypox outbreak. |
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