Mobile point of Care Diagnostic Testing For Ebola Virus Disease in DRC
In this project we train teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and expand the RPA testing capacity to the differentials
recommended by the WHO. This is being integrated with a simple bio safe extraction method.
The project is part of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme.
Visit the project’s website www.edctp-drc.stir.ac.uk
Publications
- Ceruti A, FayeM, Diagne MM, Kobialka RM, Makiala-Mandanda S, Faye O, Faye O, Abd El Wahed A, Weidmann M (2024) Rapid detection of Ebolavirus using isothermal recombinase-aided amplification Journal of Medical Virology 96(6): e29744 https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.29744
- Kobialka RM, Ceruti A, Malwengo-Kasongo P, Okitale-Talunda P, Munyeku-Bazitama Y, Faye M, Truyen U, El Wahed AA, Weidmann M, Makiala-Mandanda S (2025) Field deployment of the mobile suitcase laboratory for rapid detection of Mpox virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 112: 116800 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2025.116800
- Faye M, Makiala-Mandana S, Diagne MM, Faye O, Boehlken-Fascher S, Kissenkoetter J, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Okitale-Talunda P, Kashitu -Mujinga G, de La Vega MA, Kobinger G, Oyinloye, Elijah OO, Bakarey AS, Ademowo OG, Diagne CT, Sall AA, El Wahed AA, Faye O, Weidmann M (2025) Field evaluation of mobile molecular differential tests in DRC and in Nigeria Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofaf630, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf630