{"id":9519,"date":"2026-07-14T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/the-diagnostic-testing-for-ebola-disease-and-marburg-virus-disease-interim-guidance-9-july-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:06:05","slug":"the-diagnostic-testing-for-ebola-disease-and-marburg-virus-disease-interim-guidance-9-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/the-diagnostic-testing-for-ebola-disease-and-marburg-virus-disease-interim-guidance-9-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diagnostic testing for Ebola disease and Marburg virus disease: interim guidance, 9 July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"dynamic-content__section dynamic-content__container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__section-container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__figure-container\">\n<figure class=\"dynamic-content__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/2acf5e6f-35d4-4a47-956e-f5b368d65962\/content\" alt=\"The Diagnostic testing for Ebola disease and Marburg virus disease: interim guidance, 9 July 2026\"><br \/>\n     <\/figure>\n<div class=\"button button-blue-background\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/4bef8470-faff-4d18-b248-f5e2552e2915\/content\" onclick=\"sendGaEvent('Download','https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/4bef8470-faff-4d18-b248-f5e2552e2915\/content')\">Download <span>(943.2 kB)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description\">\n<h3>Overview <\/h3>\n<p>Rapid diagnosis of Ebola disease (EBOD) and Marburg virus disease (MVD) is critical to provide timely and appropriate care and stop transmission. These diseases can be difficult to clinically distinguish from other infectious diseases such as malaria, and countermeasures, including vaccines and therapeutics, are available specifically for some species of orthoebolaviruses and orthomarburgviruses, meaning that laboratory confirmation is very important. Handling of samples from patients with suspected EBOD or MVD requires appropriate biosafety measures.\u202f <\/p>\n<p>This document constitutes an update to the <em>Diagnostic testing for Ebola and Marburg virus diseases: interim guidance, 20 December 2024<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;\">It provides interim guidance to laboratory personnel, clinicians, health workers, public health officials, outbreak response teams, and other stakeholders involved in the diagnosis and care of patients with suspected or confirmed EBOD or MVD, from specimen collection through to diagnostic analysis and reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__details\">\n<div class=\"detail who-team\">\n<div class=\"label\">WHO Team<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n                 <span><br \/>\nEpidemic and Pandemic Management (EPM),                  <\/span><br \/>\n                 <span><br \/>\nHealth Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance (EIS)                 <\/span>\n         <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Editors<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">World Health Organization<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Number of pages<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">30<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Reference numbers<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n<div><strong class=\"label-sm\">WHO Reference Number: <\/strong><span>B09834<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Copyright<\/div>\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"creativecommons-icons-wrappers\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/igo\/deed.en\" rel=\"license\" title=\"Click here to see the details of CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/cc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/by.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/nc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/sa.svg\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n        <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/B09834?rand=6398\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download (943.2 kB) Overview Rapid diagnosis of Ebola disease (EBOD) and Marburg virus disease (MVD) is critical to provide timely and appropriate care and stop transmission. 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