Implementation of point-of-care testing and prevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia among patients with advanced HIV disease in Mumbai, India

Implementation of point-of-care testing and prevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia among patients with advanced HIV disease in Mumbai, India

Objectives To describe the implementation of screening for cryptococcal antigenaemia by point-of-care (POC) serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay, measure the prevalence and factors associated with serum cryptococcal antigenaemia in the routine programmatic setting.Design Cross-sectio...

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Main Authors:	Amit Harshana, Raman Mahajan, Reshu Agarwal, Shrikala Acharya, Amol Palkar, Ramesh Reddy Allam, Vijay Kumar Karanjkar, Dhirubhai Rathod, Prashant Deshpande, Shashikant Todmal, Sagar Koli, Sachin Dhande, Jayesh Dale, Vijay V Yeldandi, Sunita Upadhyaya, Melissa Nyendak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2023-06-01
Series:	BMJ Open
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e070500.full

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