Rapid diagnostic tests for non-malarial febrile illness in the tropics

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 422-431

  Chappuis, F ^a,b   Alirol, E ^a,b   d'Acremont, V ^c,d   Bottieau, E ^e   Yansouni, C P ^f  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African trypanosomiasis; Brucellosis; Dengue; Fever; Leptospirosis; Rapid diagnostic tests; Tropics; Typhoid; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84876336113     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12154     Document Type: Review

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