Errors generated by a point-of-care CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser: a retrospective observational study in nine countries

• Main Authors: Emmanuel Fajardo (Author), Carol Metcalf (Author), Erwan Piriou (Author), Monique Gueguen (Author), David Maman (Author), Pascale Chaillet (Author), Vivian Cox (Author), Maryam B Rumaney (Author), Syanness Tunggal (Author), Cara Kosack (Author), Teri Roberts (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To estimate the proportion of invalid results generated by a CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in field projects and identify factors associated with invalid results. Methods We collated 25 616 CD4+ T-lymphocyte test results from 39 sites in nine...