Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases: diversity, complexity, and barriers in low- and middle-income countries

Nitika Pant Pai; Caroline Vadnais; Claudia Denkinger; Nora Engel; Madhukar Pai

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001306

Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases: diversity, complexity, and barriers in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Med. 2012;9(9):e1001306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001306. Epub 2012 Sep 4.

Authors

Nitika Pant Pai¹, Caroline Vadnais, Claudia Denkinger, Nora Engel, Madhukar Pai

Affiliation

¹ Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Abstract

Madhukar Pai and colleagues discuss a framework for envisioning how point-of-care testing can be applied to infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases / diagnosis*
Developing Countries
Female
Humans
Male
Point-of-Care Systems*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding