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The laboratory health system and its response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia

The laboratory system in Liberia has generally been fragmented and uncoordinated. Accordingly, the country’s Ministry of Health established the National Reference Laboratory to strengthen and sustain laboratory services. However, diagnostic testing services were often limited to clinical tests perfo...

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Autores principales:	Kennedy, Stephen B., Wasunna, Christine L., Dogba, John B., Sahr, Philip, Eastman, Candace B., Bolay, Fatorma K., Mason, Gloria T., Kieh, Mark W.S.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2016
Materias:	Lessons from the Field
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879143 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i3.509

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