Independent clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care testing for the screening of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis in women-at-risk in Australia, Guatemala, Morocco, and South Africa

Independent clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care testing for the screening of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis in women-at-risk in Australia, Guatemala, Morocco, and South Africa

Abstract Background In 2018, the World Health Organization commenced a multi-country validation study of the Cepheid GeneXpert for a range of molecular-based point-of-care (POC) tests in primary care settings. One study arm focused on the evaluation of POC tests for screening ‘women at risk’ for chl...

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Main Authors: Mark Shephard, Susan Matthews, Ranmini Kularatne, Kelly Andrewartha, Karel Blondeel, Christian Alvarez, Elsy Camey, Amina Hançali, Etienne Müller, Aurelie Haw, Hicham Oumzil, Daniel Golparian, Dorian E Ramirez, James Kiarie, Firdavs Kurbonov, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna W Peeling, Ronaldo Silva, Soe Soe Thwin, Magnus Unemo, Igor Toskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Point-of-care testing
Sexually transmitted infections
GeneXpert
Multi-country
Sensitivity
Specificity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09018-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09018-4

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