Development of portable rapid diagnostic microbiology systems for support of primary health care delivery.

* '-77 Conttrol of Infectious diseases in developing countries is essential if social and economic progress is to be made. Accurate, *definitive microbiological laboratory data Is a prerequisite for Infectious disease control. Medical laboratory services must become available to the people, especially children,, even-though the majority live in rural environments. Rapid microbiological diagnostic systems have been developed and Incorporated Into * portable kits. The kit systems described here offer the potential *of providing appropriate technology that can carry the advantages * of medical laboratory science to Infectious disease patients vher*ever they may be. Accesion 71*0r ' NTIS G3.' M ll T.--.