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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Main Authors: Chinwe O. Okeke, Reuben I. Chianumba, Hezekiah Isa, Samuel Asala, Obiageli E. Nnodu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1013858/full