Neglected Testing for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the CDC

Norman L Beatty¹, Colin J Forsyth², Robert H Gilman³, Davidson H Hamer^{4

5

6}, Andrés F Henao-Martínez⁷, Natasha Hochberg^{5

6}, Jen Manne-Goehler⁸, Rachel Marcus^{9

10}, Sheba Meymandi^{11

12}, Michael R Reich¹³, Adrienne Showler¹⁴, Paula Stigler Granados¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
² Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, New York, New York.
³ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Latin American Society of Chagas, Bristow, Virginia.
¹⁰ Medstar Union Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospitals, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹¹ David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
¹² Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
¹³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁴ Division of Infectious Disease, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.
¹⁵ Division of Global Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

Editorial

Norman L Beatty et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 12;106(6):1571-1573.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0222. Online ahead of print.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
² Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, New York, New York.
³ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Latin American Society of Chagas, Bristow, Virginia.
¹⁰ Medstar Union Memorial and Good Samaritan Hospitals, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹¹ David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
¹² Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
¹³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁴ Division of Infectious Disease, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.
¹⁵ Division of Global Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

No abstract available

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