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• The coalition builds on Abbott's excellence in virus surveillance and aid in analyzing virus samples for unknown diseases and detects mutations and variants including COVID-19
• The goal of the Pandemic Defense Coalition is to identify new pathogens- analyze potential risk level- assess public health impact in real-time- and contain outbreaks when new virus threats are identified
• The coalition currently includes academic centers and nonprofit organizations in Chicago- Jamaica- Colombia- Brazil- South Africa- Senegal- Thailand and India

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