title: Diagnostics as the first line of defense in global health security.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), of counsel to Shearman and Sterling LLP and a founding partner of Symphony Capital LLP, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kessel
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*