Tryp Tect CIATT® - a card indirect agglutination trypanosomiasis test for diagnosis of trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T:b. rhodesiense infections

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-553

  Nantulya, Vinand M ^a  

^a Brentec Diagnostics   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Diagnosis; Latex agglutination; Tryp Tect CIATT ; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0030608828     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90023-7     Document Type: Article

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