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Optimising courier specimen collection time improves patient access to HIV viral load testing in South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa uses a courier network for transporting specimens to public laboratories. After the daily collection of specimens from the facility by the courier, patients not yet attended to are unlikely to receive same-day blood draws, potentially inhibiting access to viral load (VL) tes...
Autores principales: | Girdwood, Sarah J., Crompton, Thomas, Cassim, Naseem, Olsen, Floyd, Sejake, Portia, Diallo, Karidia, Berrie, Leigh, Chimhamhiwa, Dorman, Stevens, Wendy, Nichols, Brooke |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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AOSIS
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9634786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36337769 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1725 |
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