Syndromic Surveillance in Puerto Rico During the COVID-19 Response: An Alternative Approach to Scarce Molecular Testing

Affiliations

¹ Melissa Marzan-Rodriguez, Luisa M. Morales, Iris S. Martinez, and Ruby A. Serrano are with the Public Health Program, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR. Josiemer Mattei is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. José F. Rodriguez-Orengo is with the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust, San Juan, PR. Kenira Thompson is with the Ponce Research Institute, Ponce, PR.

Editorial

Melissa Marzan-Rodriguez et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;110(9):1348-1349.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305805.

¹ Melissa Marzan-Rodriguez, Luisa M. Morales, Iris S. Martinez, and Ruby A. Serrano are with the Public Health Program, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR. Josiemer Mattei is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. José F. Rodriguez-Orengo is with the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust, San Juan, PR. Kenira Thompson is with the Ponce Research Institute, Ponce, PR.

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