Cost for sickle cell disease screening using isoelectric focusing with dried blood spot samples and estimation of price thresholds for a point-of-care test in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Early identification through newborn screening is the first step in active management of sickle cell disease (SCD). Uganda currently screens newborns and infants under 2 years for SCD in high HIV-burden districts using isoelectric focusing with dried blood spot samples. Our analysis soug...

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Autores principales: Mvundura, Mercy, Kiyaga, Charles, Metzler, Mutsumi, Kamya, Carol, Lim, Jeanette M, Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Catherine, Coffey, Patricia S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787644
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S186528

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787644
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S186528

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