Card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis (CATT) end-dilution titer and cerebrospinal fluid cell count as predictors of human African trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei gambiense) among serologically suspected individuals in Southern Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Chappuis, François ^a,b   Stivanello, Elisa ^a   Adams, Karen ^a   Kidane, Solon ^a   Pittet, Anne ^a   Bovier, Patrick A ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CARD AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DILUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SUDAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 4544306230     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.313     Document Type: Article

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