Editorial
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Africa: Successes, gaps and a roadmap for the future
Submitted: 08 October 2018 | Published: 06 December 2018
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Samuel Kariuki, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaKaren H. Keddy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Martin Antonio, World Health Organization, Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit, at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia; and, Division of Microbiology & Immunity, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom
Iruka N. Okeke, Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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