Zika Virus Outbreak and the Case for Building Effective and Sustainable Rapid Diagnostics Laboratory Capacity Globally

Overview

Journal Int J Infect Dis

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 Mar 9

PMID 26952389

Citations 10

Authors

Alimuddin Zumla

Ian Goodfellow

Francis Kasolo

Francine Ntoumi

Philippe Buchy

Matthew Bates

Esam I Azhar

Matthew Cotten

Eskild Petersen

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