Abstract

The TDR Diagnostics Evaluation Expert Panel

Author affiliations

1. Shabir Banoo is at the Medicines Control Council of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
2. David Bell is at the Malaria and other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases, World Health Organization–Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
3. Patrick Bossuyt is at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
4. Alan Herring is at the Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
5. David Mabey is at the Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
6. Freddie Poole is at the Division of Microbiology Devices, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, USA.
7. Peter G. Smith is at the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
8. N. Sriram is at the Tulip Group of Companies, Goa, India.
9. Chansuda Wongsrichanalai is at the US Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Jakarta, Indonesia.
10. Ralf Linke, Rick O'Brien and Mark Perkins are all at the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland.
11. Jane Cunningham, Precious Matsoso, Carl Michael Nathanson, Piero Olliaro, Rosanna W. Peeling and Andy Ramsay are all at the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Correspondence to: Rosanna W. Peeling¹¹ Email: peelingr@who.int

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