Evaluation of a rapid dipstick (crystal VC) for the diagnosis of Cholera in Zanzibar and a comparison with previous studies

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Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ley, Benedikt ^a,b   Khatib, Ahmed M ^c   Thriemer, Kamala ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^d   Deen, Jacqueline ^d   Mukhopadyay, Asish ^e   Chang, Na Yoon ^a   Hashim, Ramadhan ^a   Schmied, Wolfgang ^a   Busch, Clara J L ^f   Reyburn, Rita ^a   Wierzba, Thomas ^a   Clemens, John D ^a   Wilfing, Harald ^b   Enwere, Godwin ^g   Aguado, Theresa ^g   Jiddawi, Mohammad S ^c   Sack, David ^h   Ali, Said M ^c,i  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^f INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Public Health Laboratory Pemba Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FIELD WORK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID DIPSTICK TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL;

CHOLERA; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84861475502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036930     Document Type: Article

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