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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2019

Field Performance and Diagnostic Accuracy of a Low-Cost Instrument-Free Point-of-Care CD4 Test (Visitect CD4) Performed by Different Health Worker Cadres among Pregnant Women.

Stanley Luchters, Karl Technau, Yasmin Mohamed, Matthew F Chersich, Paul A Agius, Minh D Pham, Mary L Garcia, James Forbes, Andrew Shepherd, Ashraf Coovadia and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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12 authors.

Stanley LuchtersBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stanley.luchters@burnet.edu.au.
Karl TechnauEmpilweni Services and Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yasmin MohamedBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Matthew F ChersichInternational Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Paul A AgiusBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Minh D PhamBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mary L GarciaBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
James ForbesOmega Diagnostics, Ltd., Omega House, Alva, Scotland.
Andrew ShepherdOmega Diagnostics, Ltd., Omega House, Alva, Scotland.
Ashraf CoovadiaEmpilweni Services and Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Suzanne M CroweBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
David A AndersonBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measuring CD4 counts remains an important component of HIV care. The Visitect CD4 is the first instrument-free low-cost point-of-care CD4 test with results interpreted visually after 40 min, providing a result of ≥350 CD4 cells/mm

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Point-of-Care SystemsAdolescentAdultCD4 Lymphocyte CountCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Care CostsHIV InfectionsHumansMiddle AgedPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousProspective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySouth AfricaTime FactorsCD4 countdiagnostic accuracyfield performanceHIVpoint-of-care diagnosticssensitivitySouth Africaspecificitytask shifting

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PMID30463898
PMCPMC6355532

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