The arrival of a true point-of-care molecular assay-ready for global implementation?

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2015, Pages e663-e664

  Drain, Paul K ^a,b   Garrett, Nigel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84944194734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00186-2     Document Type: Note

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