The implementation of an external quality assurance method for point- of- care tests for HIV and syphilis in Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smit, Pieter W ^a,b   Mabey, David ^b   van der Vlis, Thomas ^a   Korporaal, Hans ^a   Mngara, Julius ^c   Changalucha, John ^c   Todd, Jim ^b,c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^b  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84887391615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-530     Document Type: Article

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