Antenatal Syphilis Screening Using Point-of-Care Testing in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

BACKGROUND: Untreated syphilis in pregnancy is associated with adverse clinical outcomes for the infant. Most syphilis infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where coverage of antenatal screening for syphilis is inadequate. Recently introduced point-of-care syphilis tests have high accuracy a...

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Autores principales: Kuznik, Andreas, Lamorde, Mohammed, Nyabigambo, Agnes, Manabe, Yukari C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001545

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001545

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