COVID-19 and malaria: A symptom screening challenge for malaria endemic countries

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: pascykapata@gmail.com.
² Zambia National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
³ Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.

Editorial

Pascalina Chanda-Kapata et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May.

. 2020 May:94:151-153.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

¹ Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: pascykapata@gmail.com.
² Zambia National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
³ Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.

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