An assessment of the public health surveillance strategy based on molecular testing during three major pandemic waves of COVID-19 in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Lorena G Barberia (Author), Alexandra Boing (Author), João Gusmão (Author), Fabio Miyajima (Author), Adriano Abud (Author), Brigina Kemp (Author), Marcela Zamudio (Author), Tatiane C Moraes de Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A national laboratory-based surveillance system was adapted to monitor the situation of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil. The objective of the study was to compare the challenges in implementing COVID-19 surveillance strategies based on the Ministry of Health's (MoH) distribution of RT-PCR tests to differe...