Field evaluation of crystal VC® rapid dipstick test for cholera during a cholera outbreak in Guinea-Bissau

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1117-1121

  Harris, Julie R ^a   Cavallaro, Elizabeth C ^a   De Nóbrega, Aglaêr A ^b   Dos S Barrado, Jean C B ^b,c   Bopp, Cheryl ^a   Parsons, Michele B ^a   Djalo, Djulde ^d   Fonseca, Fatima G Da S ^d   Ba, Umaro ^d   Semedo, Agostinho ^d   Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Brazil)

^c Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Brazil)

^d Simão Mendes National Hospital   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Cholera; Diarrhoea; Dipstick; Guinea Bissau; Rapid test; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH MONITORING; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAPID DIPSTICK TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; FECES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; YOUNG ADULT;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 69249182089     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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