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    COVID-19: A unique opportunity to improve laboratory capacity for neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

    Journal: Frontiers in Tropical Diseases

    Summary

    In this article the authors argue that the global neglected tropical diseases (NTD) community should be doing more to leverage the public health and university laboratories that were very involved in COVID-19 testing early in the pandemic, as these laboratories now run the risk of being underutilised as COVID-19 testing wanes.

    The authors make a case for repurposing many of these laboratories to support control programmes for NTDs in endemic countries as they contemplate how to strengthen laboratory capacity for all endemic and emerging epidemiological diseases.

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    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)
    Publication details
    Date published
    19 October 2022
    Type
    Opinion piece
    Journal
    Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
    Themes/conditions
    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)
    Publication details
    Date published
    19 October 2022
    Type
    Opinion piece
    Journal
    Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
    Themes/conditions
    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs general)

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