Re-imagining the future of diagnosis of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 271-274

  Peeling, Rosanna W ^a   Boeras, Debrah I ^a   Nkengasong, John ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnostics; Elimination; Neglected tropical diseases; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; MONITORING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TROPICS;

DIAGNOSTIC; DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS; ELIMINATION; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; NUCLEIC ACIDS AMPLIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; POINT OF CARE; ROADMAP; SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INVESTMENT; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; YAWS; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 85015413550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2017.02.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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