A new initiative for the development of new diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Steverding, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646771354     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-5-1     Document Type: Article

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