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Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) |
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A systematic review of the clinical, public health and cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection and identification of bacterial intestinal pathogens in faeces and food (Abubakar) 216 pages, Volume 11, number 36 |
DOI
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10.3310/hta11360 |
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Headline: |
Review found that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli O157 is potentially very successful in identifying pathogens, despite relatively poor quality of reporting of studies evaluating rapid detection methods. |
Project ref: |
03/40/03 |
Original project title: |
A systematic review of the clinical, public health and cost effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection and identification of intestinal pathogens causing food poisoning in faeces, food and water |
Chief Investigator: |
Dr Ibrahim Abubakar, Clinical Senior Lecturer/Consultant Epidemiologist,
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia
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Start Date: |
April 2005 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
September 2007
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Cost: |
£83,446 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484190622 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available
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112 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1445 |
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