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In mrc-ide/esft: WHO ESFT Calculations

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Diagnostics

Description

According to the WHo ESFT: "the reference values for the module were taken from an assessment of available equipment and are based on a number of factors including population size, HIV burden (as many machines were initially purchased for HIV testing), and testing platforms known to the WHO. Please note that the reference values are estimates and may not exactly match the number of platforms in each country."

Usage

diagnostics

Format

A data frame with 220 rows and 10 variables:

country_name: Country name
region: WHO region
income_group: Income group
roche_6800: Number of Roche 6800 machines estimated to be in country
roche_8800: Number of Roche 8800 machines estimated to be in country
abbott_m2000: Number of Abbott m2000 machines estimated to be in country
hologic_panther: Number of Hologic Panther machines estimated to be in country
genexpert: Number of GeneXpert machines estimated to be in country
manual: Number of manual machines estimated to be in country
country_code: ISO3C code per country

Details

The high-throughput conventional machines are the Roche 6800, Roche 8800, Abbott m2000, and the Hologic Panthers. These are also used for HIV testing. GeneXpert machines are near-patient PCR processing machines, that provide on the spot diagnostics for patients. Manual real time PCR platforms are slower but also provide PCR processing.