Validity, cost and feasibility of the mAECT and CTC tests for the confirmation of sleeping sickness diagnosis;Validité, coût et faisabilité de la mAECT et CTC comme tests de confirmation dans la détection de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-478

  Lutumba, P ^a,b   Robays, J ^b   Miaka, C ^a   Kande, V ^a   Mumba, D ^c   Buscher P ^b   Dujardin, B ^d   Boelaert, M ^b  

^a Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Direction of the institute   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capillary tube centrifugation; D. R. Congo; Diagnostic accuracy; Human African Trypanosomiasis; Mini anion exchange centrifugation technique; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

COST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; TESTING METHOD; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 33645301037     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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