Performance evaluation of the Pima™ point‐of‐care CD4 analyser using capillary blood sampling in field tests in South Africa
Open Access
- 30 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the International AIDS Society
- Vol. 15 (1), 3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-15-3
Abstract
Point-of-care CD4 testing can provide immediate CD4 reporting at HIV-testing sites. This study evaluated performance of capillary blood sampling using the point-of-care Pima™ CD4 device in representative primary health care clinics doing HIV testing.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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