Evaluation of an EDTA version of CATT/Trypanosoma brucei gambiense for serological screening of human blood samples

Acta Tropica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-12

  Magnus, Eddy ^a   Lejon, Veerle ^a   Bayon, Dominique ^b   Buyse, Dirk ^c   Simarro, Pere ^d   Verloo, Didier ^a   Vervoort, Tony ^a   Pansaerts, Resi ^a   Büscher, Philippe ^a   Van Meirvenne, Nestor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Fonds Médical Tropical ^*  (Congo)

^d Fundacio CIDOB   (Equatorial Guinea)

Author keywords

CATT; Diagnosis; Human African trypanosomosis; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; EDETIC ACID;

FIELD SURVEY; HEALTH MONITORING; TESTING METHOD; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0036139192     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00184-X     Document Type: Article

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