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cord-022070-soqeje4z	Parry, Christopher M.	Microbiology	2019-05-28		.txt	text/plain	3697	185	37	Most of the world's population lacks access to accurate, affordable, easy-to-use, quality-assured, reliable, and accessible diagnostic tests and misdiagnosis of infectious diseases is common and compromises patient care. • Laboratories in resource-restricted settings struggle with poor facilities, lack of reliable water and electricity, inadequate equipment and consumables, insufficient staff, poor training and low morale, absence of standard operating procedures and quality assurance programs, and inadequate levels of biosafety. • Surveillance by microbiology laboratories provides an understanding of the causes of infection in the local population and the levels of antimicrobial resistance in key pathogens, and informs public health policy on appropriate antimicrobial therapy and preventive strategies. • There is increasing recognition of the need to support the development of a quality-assured laboratory service in resource-restricted settings and develop simple and robust point-of-care diagnostics both for routine clinical care and outbreak response.	./cache/cord-022070-soqeje4z.txt	./txt/cord-022070-soqeje4z.txt