Molecular dipstick test for diagnosis of sleeping sickness

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2884-2889

  Deborggraeve, S ^a,c   Claes, F ^a   Laurent, T ^a   Mertens, P ^b   Leclipteux, T ^b   Dujardin, J C ^a   Herdewijn, P ^c   Buscher P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RAT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33747156700     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02594-05     Document Type: Article

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