Phase II evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of PCR and NASBA Followed by Oligochromatography for Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Clinical Samples from D.R. Congo and Uganda

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Matovu, Enock ^a   Mugasa, Claire M ^a,b   Ali Ekangu, Rosine ^c   Deborggraeve, Stijn ^d,e   Lubega, George W ^a   Laurent, Thierry ^f   Schoone, Gerard J ^b   Schallig, Henk D ^b   Büscher, Philippe ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale INRB   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^f Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; OLIGOCHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957916351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000737     Document Type: Article

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