Single centrifugation of cerebrospinal fluid in a sealed Pasteur pipette for simple, rapid and sensitive detection of trypanosomes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-

  Miezan T W ^a   Meda, H A ^b   Doua, F ^a   Dje N N ^a   Lejon, V ^c   Buscher P ^c  

^a Projet Rech Cliniques sur T   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b OCCGE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Methodology; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIPETTE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 12944249450     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90327-4     Document Type: Article

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