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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 6

Armed groups in Ebola operational zones and time taken to deploy and operate field laboratory, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020*

Site
 Security background
 Results achieved
Date of installation
 Time taken to deploy laboratory
 Time laboratory remained functional, mo
Beni ADFrebels: near Virunga Parc (ADF stronghold); popular pressure groups and citizens movements; Maï Maï rebel groups 2018 Aug 2 1 d 45*
Mangina Maï Maï rebel groups; ADF rebels 2018 Aug 11 9 d 45*
Butembo Maï Maï rebel groups; popular pressure groups; citizens movements 2018 Sep 7 6 d 44*
Tchomia Maï Maï rebel groups; CODECO rebel Group 2019 Sep 28 6 d 3
Katwa Maï Maï rebel groups; popular pressure groups 2019 Jan 18 10 d 26
Komanda Maï Maï rebel groups; ADF rebels 2019 Jan 18 7 d 15
Mambassa Maï Maï rebel groups; ADF rebels 2019 Sep 2 10 d 18
Tchowe Maï Maï rebel groups; FDLR rebels 2019 Aug 19 2 d 2
Biakato Maï Maï rebel groups; ADF rebels 2019 Oct 12 10 d 5
Kasindi Located in the Virunga Park (Ugandan border):; Ugandan rebels stronghold 2019 Oct 28 10 d 6

*As of May 2, 2022. ADF, Allied Democratic Forces; CODECO, Coopérative pour le Développement du Congo; FDLR, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.

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