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A Survey on Use of Rapid Tests and Tuberculosis Diagnostic Practices by Primary Health Care Providers in South Africa: Implications for the Development of New Point-of-Care Tests

BACKGROUND: Effective infectious disease control requires early diagnosis and treatment initiation. Point-of-care testing offers rapid turn-around-times, facilitating same day clinical management decisions. To maximize the benefits of such POC testing programs, we need to understand how rapid tests...

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Autores principales: Davids, Malika, Dheda, Keertan, Pant Pai, Nitika, Cogill, Dolphina, Pai, Madhukar, Engel, Nora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141453