Use of serological surveys to generate key insights into the changing global landscape of infectious disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: cmetcalf@princeton.edu.
² Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, London, UK.
³ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁸ Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

C Jessica E Metcalf et al. Lancet. 2016.

. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):728-30.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30164-7. Epub 2016 Apr 5.

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: cmetcalf@princeton.edu.
² Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, London, UK.
³ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA; Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁸ Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Opportunities and challenges of a World Serum Bank.
de Lusignan S, Correa A. de Lusignan S, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jan 21;389(10066):250-251. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30046-6. Epub 2017 Jan 20. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28118910 No abstract available.
Opportunities and challenges of a World Serum Bank.
Coates KM. Coates KM. Lancet. 2017 Jan 21;389(10066):251-252. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30052-1. Epub 2017 Jan 20. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28118912 No abstract available.

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