Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinic-based evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests for the screening of HIV and syphilis in men who have sex with men, sex workers and pregnant women

Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinic-based evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests for the screening of HIV and syphilis in men who have sex with men, sex workers and pregnant women

Introduction Dual point-of-care tests (POCTs) for detecting antibodies to HIV and syphilis have been developed for use with venous whole blood, serum/plasma or finger-prick capillary whole blood. Several tests are commercially available showing encouraging performance compared with ‘gold-standard’ r...

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Main Authors: James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Amina Hançali, Silver Vargas, Carlos Caceres, Simon Mwima, Ranmini Kularatne, Alexandra Sawyer, Nigel Sherriff, Jörg Huber, Soe Soe Thwin, Maddalena Cordioli, Lorenzo Gios, Massimo Mirandola, Antonella Zorzi, Christopher Barbara, Valeska Padovese, Hicham Oumzi, Rosanna Peeling, Jaime Vera, Ronald Ballard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e044479.full
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