Impact of specimen storage temperature and time on the implementation of GeneXpert® testing for sexually transmitted infections in resource-constraint settings.

Liteboho D Maduna Marleen M Kock Andrew Medina-Marino Jeffrey D Klausner Remco P H Peters

J Microbiol Methods

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health & Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address:

Published: October 2019

Implementation of routine laboratory diagnostics is imperative to address the high burden of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We demonstrate that logistical challenges of specimen storage, temperature and transport time are unlikely to impact on performance of routine STI diagnostics using the GeneXpert® platform implemented in these settings.

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