Opinion Paper

Why pathogen genomics is crucial in Africa’s public health

Lamech M. Mwapagha
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 12, No 1 | a2166 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v12i1.2166 | © 2023 Lamech M. Mwapagha | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 19 January 2023 | Published: 22 September 2023

About the author(s)

Lamech M. Mwapagha, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia

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Keywords

pathogen genomics; infecctious diseases; public health

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