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

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  • OPENExpanding the role of diagnostic and prognostic tools for infectious diseases in resource-poor settingsAzra C

  • The life-saving impact of new diagnostic and prognostic technologies that aim to reduce the burden of infectious diseases is often not well understood

  • The potential benefits of other interventions such as drugs and vaccines can be estimated by counting the numbers treated and multiplying that by the effect size of the intervention, understanding the role that diagnostics can have requires more complex analyses

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OPENExpanding the role of diagnostic and prognostic tools for infectious diseases in resource-poor settingsAzra C. This may further reduce performance, depending on the level of the health-care setting in which the test is used.

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