Leapfrog diagnostics: Demonstration of a broad spectrum pathogen identification platform in a resource-limited setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resource-limited tropical countries are home to numerous infectious pathogens of both human and zoonotic origin. A capability for early detection to allow rapid outbreak containment and prevent spread to non-endemic regions is severely impaired by inadequate diagnostic laboratory capacity, the absence of a "cold chain" and the lack of highly trained personnel. Building up detection capacity in these countries by direct replication of the systems existing in developed countries is not a feasible approach and instead requires "leapfrogging" to the deployment of the newest diagnostic systems that do not have the infrastructure requirements of systems used in developed countries.

Methods

A laboratory for molecular diagnostics of infectious agents was established in Bo

SUBMITTER: Leski TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3418216 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature