Opinion Paper
COVID-19 pandemic and antimicrobial resistance: Another call to strengthen laboratory diagnostic capacity in Africa
Submitted: 15 June 2020 | Published: 23 September 2020
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Beverly Egyir, Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaNoah Obeng-Nkrumah, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
George B. Kyei, Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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