Perspectives of public health laboratories in emerging infectious diseases

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chua, Kaw Bing ^a   Gubler, Duane J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

emerging infectious disease; public health laboratory

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CORONAVIRIDAE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HENDRA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFECTION; LABORATORY; MARBURGVIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOREOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYOMAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; SAFFOLD VIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84929467318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2013.34     Document Type: Review

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