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Requirements for high impact diagnostics in the developing world

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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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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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    Mickey Urdea & Laura A. Penny

  2. RAND Corporation, 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, 15213, Pennsylvania, USA

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  3. National Institutes of Health, 6610 Rockledge Drive, Room 6007, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA

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  4. Biomerieux, 5 Rue des Berges, 38024 Grenoble, Cedex 1, France

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  5. Omega Diagnostics Group PLC, Hillfoots Business Village, Alva, Clackmannanshire, FK12 5DQ, Scotland, UK

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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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