SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector

Lena Faust; Alexandra J. Zimmer; Mikashmi Kohli; Senjuti Saha; Jody Boffa; Marlon L. Bayot; Ifeanyi Nsofor; Leonel Campos; Tivani Mashamba-Thompson; Rosa Herrera; Elom Emeka; Suvesh Shrestha; Cesar Ugarte-Gil; Achilles Katamba; Imran Pambudi; David Bichara; Roger I. Calderon; Namatullah Ahmadzada; Muhammad Aamir Safdar; Chaitali Nikam; Carolina dos Santos Lázari; Hamidah Hussain; Myint Myint Win; Kyaw Zin Than; Anthony Ahumibe; Brenda Waning; Madhukar Pai

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2020.10.005

SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector

Lena Faust
, Alexandra J. Zimmer
, Mikashmi Kohli
, Senjuti Saha
, Jody Boffa
, Marlon L. Bayot
, Ifeanyi Nsofor
, Leonel Campos
, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson
, Rosa Herrera
, Elom Emeka
, Suvesh Shrestha
, Cesar Ugarte-Gil
, Achilles Katamba
, Imran Pambudi
, David Bichara
, Roger I. Calderon
, Namatullah Ahmadzada
, Muhammad Aamir Safdar
, Chaitali Nikam

Carolina dos Santos Lázari, Hamidah Hussain, Myint Myint Win, Kyaw Zin Than, Anthony Ahumibe, Brenda Waning, Madhukar Pai

School of Medicine

McGill University
McGill University
Child Health Research Foundation
York University
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Coach MLB Consulting
EpiAfric
Center of Check of Hospital Sirio Libanes
University of Limpopo
Instituto de Servicios de Salud Pública del Estado de Baja California
NTBLCP
Save the Children Fund
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium
National TB Programme of Indonesia
Scientific Department of Amaral Costa Laboratory
Socios en Salud Lima
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
National TB Control Program
National TB Control Program
Thyrocare Technologies Limited
Grupo Fleury
University of São Paulo
Interactive Research and Development (IRD) Global
PATH
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Stop TB Partnership

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-514
Number of pages	4
Journal	Microbes and Infection
Volume	22
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.10.005
State	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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Faust, L., Zimmer, A. J., Kohli, M., Saha, S., Boffa, J., Bayot, M. L., Nsofor, I., Campos, L., Mashamba-Thompson, T., Herrera, R., Emeka, E., Shrestha, S., Ugarte-Gil, C., Katamba, A., Pambudi, I., Bichara, D., Calderon, R. I., Ahmadzada, N., Safdar, M. A., ... Pai, M. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries: availability and affordability in the private health sector. Microbes and Infection, 22(10), 511-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.10.005

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