Field evaluation of two rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup a during the 2006 outbreak in Niger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Rose, Angela M C ^a   Gerstl, Sibylle ^a   Mahamane, Ali E H ^b   Sidikou, Fati ^b   Djibo, Saacou ^b   Bonte, Laurence ^c   Caugant, Dominique A ^d   Guerin, Philippe J ^a   Chanteau, Suzanne ^b  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPSTICK TEST; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPING;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP A;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; NIGER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 70350004085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007326     Document Type: Article

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