Publication: Laboratory capacity building in Asia for infectious disease research: Experiences from the South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (SEAICRN)
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2010-04-01
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15491676
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15491277
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Mahidol University
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PLoS Medicine. Vol.7, No.4 (2010)
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Heiman F.L. Wertheim, Pilaipan Puthavathana, Ngoc My Nghiem, H. Rogier van Doorn, Trung Vu Nguyen, Hung Viet Pham, Decy Subekti, Syahrial Harun, Suhud Malik, Janet Robinson, Motiur Rahman, Walter Taylor, Niklas Lindegardh, Steve Wignall, Jeremy J. Farrar, Menno D. de Jong Laboratory capacity building in Asia for infectious disease research: Experiences from the South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (SEAICRN). PLoS Medicine. Vol.7, No.4 (2010). doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000231 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/29728
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Laboratory capacity building in Asia for infectious disease research: Experiences from the South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (SEAICRN)
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South East Asia Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Mahidol University
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
National Hospital of Tropical Diseases
National Hospital of Pediatrics Hanoi
Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
Family Health International, Thailand
Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Mahidol University
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
National Hospital of Tropical Diseases
National Hospital of Pediatrics Hanoi
Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology
Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
Family Health International, Thailand
Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
Abstract
Enhancing laboratory capacity is essential for generating reliable and accurate data from clinical research, especially in resource-constrained settings. Local well-trained laboratory experts and scientists are important to research, and must participate actively in scientific activities and continuing education programs. Improving laboratory capacity is more than supplying new equipment and reagents; it also includes a long-term commitment to staff training, quality control, and biosafety. Improved laboratory capacity optimizes responses to an epidemic or an outbreak of a novel virulent pathogens, and can support international agendas to reduce the impact of pandemic influenza viruses. © 2010 Wertheim et al.