New policies, new technologies: modelling the potential for improved smear microscopy services in Malawi.
<h4>Background</h4>To quantify the likely impact of recent WHO policy recommendations regarding smear microscopy and the introduction of appropriate low-cost fluorescence microscopy on a) case detection and b) laboratory workload.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>An audi...
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Autores principales: | Andrew Ramsay, Luis E Cuevas, Catherine J F Mundy, Carl-Michael Nathanson, Petros Chirambo, Russell Dacombe, S Bertel Squire, Felix M L Salaniponi, Sera Munthali |
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Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/a3b319369b3c4ff4a3beca32ed9cd2d1 |
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