What Qualities Are Most Important to Making a Point of Care Test Desirable for Clinicians and Others Offering Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing?

Yu-Hsiang Hsieh; Charlotte A. Gaydos; M. Terry Hogan; O. Manuel Uy; Joany Jackman; Mary Jett-Goheen; Ariel Albertie; Derek T. Dangerfield II; Celia R. Neustadt; Zachary S. Wiener; Anne M. Rompalo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019263

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What Qualities Are Most Important to Making a Point of Care Test Desirable for Clinicians and Others Offering Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing?

Yu-Hsiang Hsieh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Charlotte A. Gaydos

* E-mail: yhsieh1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Charlotte A. Gaydos ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Charlotte A. Gaydos

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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M. Terry Hogan,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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O. Manuel Uy,

Affiliation Milton Eisenhower Research Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
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Joany Jackman,

Affiliation Milton Eisenhower Research Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
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Mary Jett-Goheen,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Ariel Albertie,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Derek T. Dangerfield II,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Celia R. Neustadt,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Zachary S. Wiener,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Anne M. Rompalo

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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What Qualities Are Most Important to Making a Point of Care Test Desirable for Clinicians and Others Offering Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing?

Yu-Hsiang Hsieh,
Charlotte A. Gaydos,
M. Terry Hogan,
O. Manuel Uy,
Joany Jackman,
Mary Jett-Goheen,
Ariel Albertie,
Derek T. Dangerfield II,
Celia R. Neustadt,
Zachary S. Wiener

Published: April 29, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019263

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