Experience of a global laboratory network in responding to infectious disease epidemics

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 538-540

  Chretien, Jean Paul ^a   Blazes, David L ^b   Gaydos, Joel C ^a   Bedno, Sheryl A ^c   Coldren, Rodney L ^d   Culpepper, Randall C ^a   Fyrauff, David J ^e   Earhart, Kenneth C ^f   Mansour, Moustafa M ^f   Glass, Jonathan S ^g   Lewis, Michael D ^h   Smoak, Bonnie L ^d   Malone, Joseph L ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b California   (Peru)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit Kenya   (Kenya)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^g US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

^h UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; CHOLERA; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EGYPT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33747330848     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70556-4     Document Type: Letter

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