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. 2015 Apr 30:20:451.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.451.6787. eCollection 2015.

Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs have been in Africa for 10 years, what is their effect on laboratory-based surveillance? Reflections from a panel at the African Society of Laboratory Medicine December 2014 Cape Town meeting

Patrick Nguku  1 , Fausta Mosha  2 , Elizabeth Prentice  3 , Tura Galgalo  4 , Adebola Olayinka  5 , Peter Nsubuga  6
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Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs have been in Africa for 10 years, what is their effect on laboratory-based surveillance? Reflections from a panel at the African Society of Laboratory Medicine December 2014 Cape Town meeting

Patrick Nguku et al. Pan Afr Med J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ASLM; IDSR; WHO; laboratory-based surveillance.

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