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Re:Cheap Smartphone Dongle Diagnoses HIV And Syphilis by hamburglar on Friday February 06, 2015 @06:36PM (#9012296)
I think the idea is medical use in populations that don't have access to labs and other testing equipment, not as a date-screening device.
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Re:Cheap Smartphone Dongle Diagnoses HIV And Syphilis by slackson on Friday February 06, 2015 @06:58PM (#9012357)
It would be useful for both purposes, wouldn't it?
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Re:Cheap Smartphone Dongle Diagnoses HIV And Syphilis by stormbrew on Friday February 06, 2015 @07:16PM (#9012446)
Since they mention a false-negative in the article, it doesn't seem like it would be a good choice to rely exclusively on it. If it gave false negatives at a very low rate, though, a high rate of false positives wouldn't make it useless.
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