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Punto de vista: Porqué necesitamos una prueba rápida de CD4 para países en vías de desarrollo?
Author(s) -
Zachariah R.,
Reid S. D.,
Chaillet P.,
Massaquoi M.,
Schouten E. J.,
Harries A. D.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02669.x
Subject(s) - point of care testing , test (biology) , developing country , point of care , low income , medicine , development economics , economic growth , public economics , economics , demographic economics , immunology , nursing , biology , paleontology
Summary 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.