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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Point-of-care technology"”.
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Field evaluation of the PIMA™ point-of-care CD4 machine in a mobile clinic, South Africa
This aim of this thesis was to validate the PIMA™ in a mobile clinic in South Africa in 2010 and to review current literature regarding CD4 technology, with a focus on point-of-care technology in the HIV infected individual.
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Validation of a Confocal Light Sheet Microscope using Push Broom Translation for Biomedical Applications
<p>There exists a need for research of optical methods capable of image cytometry suitable for point-of-care technology. To propose am optical approach with no moving parts for simplification of mechanical components for the further development of the technology to the poin-of-care, a linear sensor …
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Design and development of a site specific protein patterning technique for use in a microfluidic antibody separation device
The rapid quantification of the concentration of different immunoglobulins classes from patient serum is required to diagnose patients in the early stages of sepsis. Microfluidic point of care technology can improve diagnostics by decreasing the analysis time, and integrating parallel analysis in a …
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Investigation of solution-phase and on-chip binding of C-reactive proteins and antibodies
… into nanostructures in the presence of suitable linker molecules. The self-assembly of gold nanoparticles functionalized with C-reactive protein (CRP) antibodies in the presence of CRP antigen linker molecules was explored. A ratio of antigen linker molecules to nanoparticle (2:1) …
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Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV services: viral load testing among pregnant women living with HIV in Mutare District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
… immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a leading cause of death among women during pregnancy and the postpartum period, especially in areas of high prevalence. In 2018 there were approximately 1.3 million pregnant women living with HIV globally.Infants born to women living with HIV are at increased risk …
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Microscale biosensors for HIV detection and viral load determination
… disease has come a long way since the emergence of HIV in the early 1980s, including more than 64 billion USD in international spending between 2002 and 2013 alone [1]. Due to the worldwide effort, HIV infection has been transformed from a death sentence into a manageable, chronic illness that …