Evaluation of a rapid test for the diagnosis of cholera in the absence of a gold standard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Page, Anne Laure ^a   Alberti, Kathryn P ^a   Mondonge, Vital ^b   Rauzier, Jean ^c   Quilici, Marie Laure ^c   Guerin, Philippe J ^a,d  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; CHOLERA; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHOLERA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861604010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037360     Document Type: Article

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