False Positivity of Non-Targeted Infections in Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests: The Case of Human African Trypanosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gillet, Philippe ^a   Mumba Ngoyi, Dieudonné ^b   Lukuka, Albert ^b   Kande, Viktor ^c   Atua, Benjamin ^d   van Griensven, Johan ^a   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^b   Jacobs, Jan ^a   Lejon, Veerle ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Direction of the institute   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA)   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNLP)   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^e Institut de recherche pour le développement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876857602     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002180     Document Type: Article

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