A miniature kit for the in vitro isolation of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: A preliminary field assessment on sleeping sickness patients in Cote d'Ivoire

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 246-247

  Truc, P ^a  

^a OCCGE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; MiniKIVI; Trypanosomiasis; Trypansoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SCREENING; TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0030006781     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90232-1     Document Type: Article

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