Rapid diagnostic test for sleeping sickness

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1069-1070

  Büscher, Philippe ^a   Gilleman, Quentin ^b   Lejon, Veerle ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CENTRAL AFRICA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HAT SERO-K-SET; HAT SERO-STRIP; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOLYSIS LITAT 1.3; TRYPANOLYSIS LITAT 1.5; TRYPANOSOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84874998793     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1210373     Document Type: Letter

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