TY - T1 - Assessment of RT-qPCR Assays for Ebolavirus Detection SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202012165271; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/323256 T3 - A1 - Kaloinen, Minttu A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Since the discovery of Marburgvirus (MARV) in 1967, filoviruses have been identified as the causative agent for several outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in equatorial Africa. High morbidity and mortality rates characterize especially Ebola virus disease (EVD) when Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) is implicated. In Dec 2013, on outbreak of unprecedented magnitude started in West Africa, demanding international attention, aid and measures to restrict the spread of the epidemic. In Europe, the Ebola MoDERN AP... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - ebolavirus; filovirus; virus diagnostics; RT-qPCR N1 - PP - ER -