Evaluating the impact of trade-offs in diagnostic test accuracy, time-to-isolation, and accessibility on outbreak response for the Ebola virus: a mathematical modeling study
When coupled with a more rapid turnaround time and increase in test access, the use of a lower performance test can result in significantly reduced epidemic size compared to relying on PCR alone in an EBOV outbreak in a resource-limited setting.
Authors
- Emmanuel Agogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-3254)
- Isabella Eckerle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-7172)
- Devy Emperador (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-1824)
- Brooke E Nichols (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4682-4999)
- Nicole A. Boer
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- FIND (CH)
- Hôpital Beau-Séjour (CH)
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11273-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40