doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02669.x.
Epub 2010 Nov 2.
Viewpoint: Why do we need a point-of-care CD4 test for low-income countries?
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Viewpoint: Why do we need a point-of-care CD4 test for low-income countries?
Trop Med Int Health.
2011 Jan.
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Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the reasons why we urgently need a point-of-care (POC) CD4 test, elaborate the problems we have experienced with the current technology which hampers CD4-count coverage and highlight the ideal characteristics of a universal CD4 POC test. It is high-time that CD4 technology is simplified and adapted for wider use in low-income countries to change the current paradigm of restricted access once and for all.
© 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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