Expanding the role of diagnostic and prognostic tools for infectious diseases in resource-poor settings

Nature. 2015 Dec 3;528(7580):S50-2. doi: 10.1038/nature16038.

Authors

Azra C Ghani¹, Deborah Hay Burgess², Alison Reynolds¹, Christine Rousseau³

Affiliations

¹ MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK.
² Principal, Kimataifa Diagnostics and Devices Consulting, 17319 15th Drive SE, Mill Creek, Washington 98012. Seattle, USA.
³ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 500 5th Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.

PMID: 26633765
DOI: 10.1038/nature16038

No abstract available

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases / diagnosis*
Communicable Diseases / economics*
Communicable Diseases / virology
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / economics*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / statistics & numerical data
Global Health / economics*
HIV Infections / diagnosis
HIV Infections / virology
Health Resources / economics
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
Humans
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis
Sensitivity and Specificity
Viral Load

Grants and funding

MR/K010174/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom