COVID-19 laboratory preparedness and response in the Americas Region: Lessons learned.

By the time the etiologic agent of the COVID-19 was identified as a novel coronavirus, no country in the Americas Region had laboratory capacity for detecting this new virus. A strategic multilevel approach with specific reagent purchase and delivery, regional trainings, in-country missions, and the...

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Main Authors: Juliana Almeida Leite, Lionel Gresh, Andrea Vicari, Jean Marc Gabastou, Enrique Perez, Sylvain Aldighieri, SARINET laboratories Network, Jairo Mendez-Rico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253334