Sharing experiences from a reference laboratory in the public health response for Ebola viral disease, MERS-CoV and H7N9 influenza virus investigations
| Autor: | Mohd Apandi Yusof, Fauziah Md Kassim, Jeyanthi Suppiah, Zarina Mohd Zawawi, Rozainanee Mohd Zain, T. S. Saraswathy Subramaniam, Nor Aziyah Mat Rahim, Zainah Saat, Ravindran Thayan, Tengku Rogayah Tg Abd Rashid |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Referral 030231 tropical medicine Influenza A Bioinformatics Article Reference laboratory MERS-CoV 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Mentorship medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medicine(all) Public health Disease surveillance Emerging diseases business.industry Outbreak General Medicine medicine.disease Medical research Infectious disease (medical specialty) Medical emergency Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1995-7645 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.01.016 |
| Popis: | An efficient public health preparedness and response plan for infectious disease management is important in recent times when emerging and exotic diseases that hitherto were not common have surfaced in countries with potential to spread outside borders. Stewardship from a reference laboratory is important to take the lead for the laboratory network, to proactively set up disease surveillance, provide referral diagnostic services, on-going training and mentorship and to ensure coordination of an effective laboratory response. In Malaysia, the Institute for Medical Research has provided the stewardship for the Ministry of Health's laboratory network that comprises of hospital pathology, public health and university laboratories. In this paper we share our experiences in recent infectious disease outbreak investigations as a reference laboratory within the Ministry of Health infectious disease surveillance network. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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