The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Ecuador severely. The country caught the attention of international media due to its high death toll and overwhelmed healthcare system. The clinical diagnostics system was rapidly overloaded, and the import of PCR tests was delayed. The case of Ecuador illustrates how middl...

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Autores principales: Chalen, Izan, Cobo, María Mercedes, Gutierrez, Bernardo, Carrazco-Montalvo, Andrés, Ponce, Patricio, Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330076
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030325
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author Chalen, Izan
Cobo, María Mercedes
Gutierrez, Bernardo
Carrazco-Montalvo, Andrés
Ponce, Patricio
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic hit Ecuador severely. The country caught the attention of international media due to its high death toll and overwhelmed healthcare system. The clinical diagnostics system was rapidly overloaded, and the import of PCR tests was delayed. The case of Ecuador illustrates how middle-income countries rely heavily on the importation of biotechnological products for their healthcare systems. The Ecuadorian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic serves as a call for the formation of policies for the development of the biotechnological industry.
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spelling pubmed-89516842022-03-26 The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation Chalen, Izan Cobo, María Mercedes Gutierrez, Bernardo Carrazco-Montalvo, Andrés Ponce, Patricio Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F. Life (Basel) Communication The COVID-19 pandemic hit Ecuador severely. The country caught the attention of international media due to its high death toll and overwhelmed healthcare system. The clinical diagnostics system was rapidly overloaded, and the import of PCR tests was delayed. The case of Ecuador illustrates how middle-income countries rely heavily on the importation of biotechnological products for their healthcare systems. The Ecuadorian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic serves as a call for the formation of policies for the development of the biotechnological industry. MDPI 2022-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8951684/ /pubmed/35330076 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030325 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chalen, Izan
Cobo, María Mercedes
Gutierrez, Bernardo
Carrazco-Montalvo, Andrés
Ponce, Patricio
Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation
title The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation
title_full The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation
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title_short The Shortcomings of COVID-19 Testing in Ecuador: Time to Incentivize Research and Innovation
title_sort shortcomings of covid-19 testing in ecuador: time to incentivize research and innovation
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330076
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030325
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