African Resources and the Promise of Resilience against COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ 1Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
² 2Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ 3University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
⁴ 4African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria.
⁵ 5National Lassa Fever Program, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Editorial

Ronald E Blanton et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;103(2):539-541.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0470. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

¹ 1Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
² 2Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ 3University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
⁴ 4African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria.
⁵ 5National Lassa Fever Program, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

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