Evaluation of the micro-CATT, CATT/Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, and LATEX/T.b. gambiense methods for serodiagnosis and surveillance of human African trypanosomiasis in West and Central Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 882-886

  Truc, Philippe ^a   Lejon, Veerle ^b   Magnus, Eddy ^b   Jamonneau, Vincent ^c   Nangouma, Auguste ^d   Verloo, Didier ^b   Penchenier, Laurent ^e   Büscher, Philippe ^b  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Programme National de Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Central African Republic)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Agglutination tests; Central African Republic; C te d'lvoire; Comparative study; Predictive value of tests, Trypanosomiasis, African diagnosis; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LYMPH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COTE D'IVOIRE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0036437865     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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