Contributions and limits of the diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis;Apports et limites du diagnostic de la trypanosomiase humaine africaine

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 871-875

  Jamonneou, Vincent ^a   Solano, Philippe ^a   Koffi, Mathurin ^a   Denizot, Mélanie ^a   Cuny, Gérard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELARSOPROL; NEUROPEPTIDE; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 6344265342     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20042010871     Document Type: Review

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