Temporal discrepancies in “rapid” HIV testing: explaining misdiagnoses at the point-of-care in Zimbabwe

Temporal discrepancies in “rapid” HIV testing: explaining misdiagnoses at the point-of-care in Zimbabwe

Abstract Background Rapid diagnostic tests have revolutionized the HIV response in low resource and high HIV prevalence settings. However, disconcerting levels of misdiagnosis at the point-of-care call for research into their root causes. As rapid HIV tests are technologies that cross borders and ha...

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Main Authors: Morten Skovdal, Frederik Jacob Brainin Jensen, Rufurwokuda Maswera, Nadine Beckmann, Constance Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV testing
Rapid tests
Point-of-care test
Testing errors
Zimbabwe
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07972-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07972-5

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