Mark Shephard, Susan Matthews, Kelly Andrewartha, Wayne Dimech, Liza Cabuang, Christopher Barbara, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Maddalena Cordioli, Amina Hançali, Ting-Ting Jiang, Ranmini Kularatne, Stephanie Meli, Etienne Muller, Hicham Oumzil, Valeska Padovese, Angela Sandri, Silver Vargas, Graziella Zahra, Magnus Unemo, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin
BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) remain significant global health problems. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently conducted a multi-faceted, multi-country validation study (ProSPeRo), which included an evaluation of the Xpert CT/NG and Xpert TV assays on the GeneXpert system (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, Ca., USA) in clinic-based settings across eight countries. To support the study, a training and quality management system was implemented and evaluated...
February 29, 2024: BMC Infectious Diseases