Rapid diagnostics test for detecting Chagas disease - Breaking barriers to diagnosis access in remote areas

Abstract

Volume 4: 1-2 technique. The transmission occurs most often in populations far from urban centers, where access to health coverage is reduced and traveling to locations where more complex services are available is very difficult. It is also common in some areas in developing countries for births to occur without any control and, therefore, that children do not have access to laboratory testing for early detection of congenital transmission. Likewise, in unexpected situations in which an emergency transfusion is required, sometimes people must choose between the risk involved in the delay caused by the transfer of the patient and the risk of using blood unscreened for Chagas.