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Biobanking: Strengthening Uganda's Rapid Response to COVID-19 and Other Epidemics

Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 is a fatal disease of global public health concern. Measures to reduce its spread critically depend on timely and accurate diagnosis of virus-infected individuals. Biobanks can have a pivotal role in elucidating disease etiology, translation, and advancing public health. In this article, we show how a biobank has been a critical resource in the rapid response to coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Uganda.
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2021.0022
Authors: Rogers Kamulegeya, David Patrick Kateete, Bernard S. Bagaya, Emmanuel Nasinghe, Winters Muttamba, Gideon Nsubuga, Edgar Kigozi, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Fred Nakwagala, Sam Kalungi, Josaphat Byamugisha, William Worodria, Rose Magala, Bruce Kirenga, Moses L. Joloba
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3202314595
FWCI: 0.746
Cites: 8
Cited by: 11
Related to: 10