TY - JOUR
KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
KW - diagnosis
KW - Covid-19
AU - de Souza D
AU - Picado A
AU - Biéler S
AU - Nogaro S
AU - Ndung'u JM
AB - The occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causing severe pneumonia and death was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. This was subsequently revealed to be similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and named SARS-CoV-2 [1]. Since December 2019, more than 20.6 million cases have been reported, with over 749,000 deaths [2]. The urgent need to develop diagnostics for COVID-19 has resulted in the already under-resourced development and manufacturing of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and molecular tests for many tropical diseases being placed on hold. In this article, we assess the impact that COVID-19, and the strategies put in place to control the pandemic, may have on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and in particular on the diagnostic capacity and needs of those diseases.
BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32797111
DA - 01/2020
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008587
IS - 8
J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis
LA - eng
N2 - The occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causing severe pneumonia and death was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. This was subsequently revealed to be similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and named SARS-CoV-2 [1]. Since December 2019, more than 20.6 million cases have been reported, with over 749,000 deaths [2]. The urgent need to develop diagnostics for COVID-19 has resulted in the already under-resourced development and manufacturing of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and molecular tests for many tropical diseases being placed on hold. In this article, we assess the impact that COVID-19, and the strategies put in place to control the pandemic, may have on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and in particular on the diagnostic capacity and needs of those diseases.
PY - 2020
EP - e0008587
T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases
TI - Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7428349/pdf/pntd.0008587.pdf
VL - 14
SN - 1935-2735
ER -