Accuracy of a Dual Path Platform (DPP) Assay for the Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Nabity, Scott A ^a,b   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^b,c   Lessa Aquino, Carolina ^b   Takahashi, Daniele ^b   Damião, Alcinéia Oliveira ^b   Gonçalves, André H O ^b   Miranda Filho, Demócrito B ^d   Greenwald, Rena ^e   Esfandiari, Javan ^e   Lyashchenko, Konstantin P ^e   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b   Medeiros, Marco A ^b   Ko, Albert I ^b,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e Chembio Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL PATH PLATFORM ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870748628     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001878     Document Type: Article

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