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Comparative cost analysis of point-of-care versus laboratory-based testing to initiate and monitor HIV treatment in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in need of treatment monitoring in low-and-middle-income countries has been rapidly expanding, placing an increasing burden on laboratories. Promising new point-of-care (POC) test have the potential to reduce laboratory workloads, but the impl...

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Autores principales: Simeon, Kate, Sharma, Monisha, Dorward, Jienchi, Naidoo, Jessica, Dlamini, Ntuthu, Moodley, Pravikrishnen, Samsunder, Natasha, Barnabas, Ruanne V., Garrett, Nigel, Drain, Paul K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6795460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31618220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223669