Evaluation of a density-based rapid diagnostic test for sickle cell disease in a clinical setting in Zambia.

Although simple and low-cost interventions for sickle cell disease (SCD) exist in many developing countries, child mortality associated with SCD remains high, in part, because of the lack of access to diagnostic tests for SCD. A density-based test using aqueous multiphase systems (SCD-AMPS) is a can...

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Main Authors: Ashok A Kumar, Catherine Chunda-Liyoka, Jonathan W Hennek, Hamakwa Mantina, S Y Ryan Lee, Matthew R Patton, Pauline Sambo, Silvester Sinyangwe, Chipepo Kankasa, Chifumbe Chintu, Carlo Brugnara, Thomas P Stossel, George M Whitesides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4260838?pdf=render