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. 2014 Jun;32(6):513-4.
doi: 10.1038/nbt.2930.

Diagnostics as the first line of defense in global health security

Mark Kessel  1
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Diagnostics as the first line of defense in global health security

Mark Kessel. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

The creation of the Global Health Security Agenda is a key step in the goal of combatting outbreaks in an increasingly interconnected world. It is too bad that the initiative is so woefully underfunded.

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As the globalized world becomes increasingly interconnected, the specter of infectious disease will require much more investment in diagnostics to track and identify pathogenic agents. Alex Hofford/EPA/Corbis
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