The fragile environments of inexpensive CD4+ T-cell enumeration in the least developed countries: Strategies for accessible support

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Larsen, Christoph H ^a  

^a SynaLinQ Consulting   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; CD4 lymphocyte count; Consumables; Customer service management; Enterprise resource planning; Flow cytometry; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunological monitoring; Public private partnership; Resource poor countries

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYOPHILISATE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTRACT; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CONTRACTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 42449128705     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20386     Document Type: Review

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