An Evaluation of the Performance and Acceptability of Three LED Fluorescent Microscopes in Zambia: Lessons Learnt for Scale-Up

Eleanor R. Turnbull; Kaunda Kaunda; Jennifer B. Harris; Nathan Kapata; Mweemba W. Muvwimi; Annika Kruuner; German Henostroza; Stewart E. Reid

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027125

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An Evaluation of the Performance and Acceptability of Three LED Fluorescent Microscopes in Zambia: Lessons Learnt for Scale-Up

Eleanor R. Turnbull ,

* E-mail: eleanor.turnbull@cidrz.org

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Kaunda Kaunda,

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Jennifer B. Harris,

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Nathan Kapata,

Affiliation National TB/Leprosy Program, Zambian Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Mweemba W. Muvwimi,

Affiliation Chest Diseases Laboratory/National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Zambian Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Annika Kruuner,

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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German Henostroza,

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Stewart E. Reid

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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An Evaluation of the Performance and Acceptability of Three LED Fluorescent Microscopes in Zambia: Lessons Learnt for Scale-Up

Eleanor R. Turnbull,
Kaunda Kaunda,
Jennifer B. Harris,
Nathan Kapata,
Mweemba W. Muvwimi,
Annika Kruuner,
German Henostroza,
Stewart E. Reid

Published: November 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027125

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