SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Africa: needs and challenges

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Apr 14;35(Suppl 2):4. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.4.22703. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi¹, Gabriel Ilerioluwa Oke², Peter Sunday Ademola², Iwendi Godsgift Chinemelum³, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola⁴, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno Iii⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State, Nigeria.
³ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Public Health, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; Africa; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; diagnostic testing; global health; pandemic.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2