Table 1. Timeframe for establishment or reestablishment of capacity to test for key notifiable diseases in Liberia after 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak and response*.

IDSR priority disease	Q1 2016	Q2 2016	Q3 2016	Q4 2016	Q1 2017
Acute flaccid paralysis	Sent to WHO/regional laboratory outside Liberia for testing
Acute watery diarrhea (cholera)	†	†	‡	§	§
Acute bloody diarrhea (shigella)	†	†	‡	§	§
Human rabies	Sent to WHO/regional Laboratory outside Liberia for testing
Lassa fever	†	†	‡	§	§
Measles	‡	§	§	§	§
Meningitis	†	†	†	‡	§
Neonatal tetanus	Not applicable; diagnoses based on clinical symptoms
Viral hemorrhagic fever (including Ebola virus disease)	§	§	§	§	§
Yellow fever	‡	§	§	§	§

*IDSR, Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response framework; Q, quarter, WHO, World Health Organization.
†Capacity was not available during the specified quarter.
‡Capacity was partially established.
§Established laboratory capacity.