Development of Portable Rapid Diagnostic Microbiology Systems for Support of Primary Health Care Delivery

摘要

Control of infectious diseases in developing countries is essential if social and economic progress is to be made. Accurate, definite microbiological laboratory data is a prerequisite for infectious disease control. Medical laboratory services must become available to the people, especially children, even though the majority live in rural environments. Rapid microbiological diagnostic systems have been developed and incorporated into portable kits. The kit systems described here offer the potential of providing appropriate technology that can carry the advantages of medical laboratory science to infectious disease patients wherever they may be.