"Piggy-Backing" on diagnostic platforms brings hope to neglected diseases: The case of sleeping sickness

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ndung'u, Joseph Mathu ^a   Bieler, Sylvain ^a   Roscigno, Giorgio ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 77955293149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000715     Document Type: Article

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