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Requirements for high impact diagnostics in the developing world

This paper focuses on the technologies required to meet the global health diagnostics needs presented in the previous papers, highlighting how new diagnostic technologies might have the potential to change medical and public-health scenarios in the developing world.

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Figure 1: Diagnostic testing sites with minimal and no laboratory infrastructure.

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The authors thank B. Manian (Reametrix, San Carlos, California, USA,) S. Lwanga (Kampala, Uganda) and D. W. Kitimbo (District Director of Medical Services, Jinja District, Uganda).

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Urdea, M., Penny, L., Olmsted, S. et al. Requirements for high impact diagnostics in the developing world. Nature 444 (Suppl 1), 73–79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05448

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