Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Africa: Successes, Gaps and a Roadmap for the Future

Overview

Journal Afr J Lab Med

Date 2018 Dec 21

PMID 30568909

Citations 12

Authors

Samuel Kariuki

Karen H Keddy

Martin Antonio

Iruka N Okeke

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