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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Online Report

Efficiency of Field Laboratories for Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak during Chronic Insecurity, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Daniel Mukadi-BamulekaComments to Author , Fabrice Mambu-Mbika, Anja De Weggheleire, François Edidi-Atani, Junior Bulabula-Penge, Meris Matondo Kua Mfumu, Anaïs Legand, Antoine Nkuba-Ndaye, Yannick Tutu Tshia N’kasar, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, John D. Klena, Joel M. Montgomery, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Pierre Formenty, Johan van Griensven, Kevin K. Ariën, and Steve Ahuka-Mundeke
Author affiliations: Rodolphe Merieux INRB-Goma Laboratory, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, F. Mambu-Mbika, F. Edidi-Atani, J. Bulabula-Penge, M. Matondo Kua Mfumu, A. Nkuba-Ndaye, P. Mbala-Kingebeni, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke); University of Kinshasa, Kinshasha (D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, F. Mambu-Mbika, F. Edidi-Atani, J. Bulabula-Penge, M. Matondo Kua Mfumu, A. Nkuba-Ndaye, P. Mbala-Kingebeni, J.-J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (A. De Weggheleire, J. van Griensven, K.K. Ariën); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (A. Legand, P. Formenty); Direction de la Surveillance Epidémiologique, Kinshasa (Y. Tutu Tshia N’kasar); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.D. Klena, J.M. Montgomery); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (K.K. Ariën)

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Table 5

Field laboratory staff deployed or recruited, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020*

Staff type Beni Goma Butembo Mangina Katwa Kasindi Tchomia Bunia Komanda Biakato Mambasa Bukavu Tchowe Total no. (%)
Laboratory technician 7 6 12 5 1 6 1 3 4 3 4 7 3 62 (46,2)
Medical biologist 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 21 (15,6)
Data manager 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 13 (9,7)
Medical-biologist doctor 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 (6,7)
Hygienist 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 (9,7)
Phlebotomist 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 (5,9)
Logistician 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 (3,7)
Administrative
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3 (2,2)
Total no. (%) 24 (17.9) 11 (8.2) 22 (16.4) 9 (6.7) 15 (11.1) 9 (6.7) 2 (1.4) 6 (4.4) 7 (5.2) 6 (4.4) 7 (5.2) 12 (8.9) 4 (2.9) 134

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