Human African Trypanosomiasis Diagnosis in First-Line Health Services of Endemic Countries, a Systematic Review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mitashi, Patrick ^a,b   Hasker, Epco ^b   Lejon, Veerle ^b   Kande, Victor ^c   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^d   Lutumba, Pascal ^a,d   Boelaert, Marleen ^b  

^a Kinshasa University   (Congo)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine   (Congo)

^d Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CARD AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE TRYPANOLYSIS TEST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LATERAL FLOW TEST; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MINI ANION EXCHANGE CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; OLIGOCHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE BUFFY COAT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE TEST;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84870745298     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001919     Document Type: Review

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