International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious DiseasesHumansPoint-of-Care TestingMeningococcal InfectionsNeisseria meningitidisEngland
Impact of molecular point-of-care testing on surveillance and public health management of invasive meningococcal disease.
Emma J Heymer, Stephen A Clark, Helen Campbell, Sonia Ribeiro, Andrew Fox, Jay Lucidarme, Xilian Bai, Shamez N Ladhani, Ray Borrow
Published: 202610.1016/j.ijid.2025.108187
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the use of fully integrated, molecular point-of-care testing (POCT) platforms for meningitis diagnosis in England, and its impact on invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) surveillance and strain characterization. Case confirmatio…
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