Building laboratory capacity to detect and characterize pathogens of public and global health security concern in Kenya

• Main Authors: Elizabeth Hunsperger (Author), Bonventure Juma (Author), Clayton Onyango (Author), John B. Ochieng (Author), Victor Omballa (Author), Barry S. Fields (Author), M. Kariuki Njenga (Author), Jane Mwangi (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Richard Omore (Author), Nancy Otieno (Author), Sandra S. Chaves (Author), Peninah Munyua (Author), Daniel Macharia Njau (Author), Jennifer Verani (Author), Sara Lowther (Author), Robert F. Breiman (Author), Joel M Montgomery (Author), Kevin M. De Cock (Author), Marc-Alain Widdowson (Author), CDC and KEMRI Laboratory and Epidemiology Team (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Since 1979, multiple CDC Kenya programs have supported the development of diagnostic expertise and laboratory capacity in Kenya. In 2004, CDC's Global Disease Detection (GDD) program within the Division of Global Health Protection in Kenya (DGHP-Kenya) initiated close collaboration wit...