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To test for combinations of often co-occurring infections such as HIV and Hepatitis offers significant benefits; especially in large-scale screening campaigns or other field applications.
In a recent evaluation, the US Army has chosen flow-through rapid tests as the best solution to test for transfusion transmitted such as HIV and hepatitis viruses in blood, in adverse settings where they do not have access to standard diagnostics. The main reasons for this choice have been the multiplexing capability, reliability and the near-instant assay-time; all essential factors for a (field) point-of-care test. For the military it also allows medics to carry less materials, thus saving weight and space in their backpacks. The speed allows decisions to be made more quickly and action to be taken.<ref name="klup"><nowiki>http://www.klup.com/Podcast.aspx?showid=78</nowiki></ref>
Today flow-through tests are mainly applied in screening campaigns where their speed and multiple results allows the product to have greater impacts.. However the advantages in assay-time and multiplexing make it likely that also primary healthcare providers will switch to flow through assays in increasing numbers over the next years. Multiple results can be already obtained while the physician is still counseling the patient.
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