Using dried blood spot on HemoTypeSC™, a new frontier for newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Nigeria
Background: HemoTypeSC is a rapid, point-of-care testing (POCT) device for sickle cell disease (SCD) that traditionally uses the capillary blood from heel stick collected at the point of testing, a procedure that makes mass screening cumbersome and less cost-effective. Using dried blood spots (DBS)...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1013858/full |