Molecular diagnostics for sleeping sickness: what is the benefit for the patient?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-439

  Deborggraeve, Stijn ^a,b   Büscher, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 77952523277     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70077-3     Document Type: Note

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