Performance and utility of a rapid diagnostic test for cholera: Notes from Haiti

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-523

  Boncy, Jacques ^a   Rossignol, Emmanuel ^a   Dahourou, Georges ^b   Hast, Marisa ^b   Buteau, Josiane ^a   Stanislas, Magalie ^a   Moffett, Daphne ^b   Bopp, Cheryl ^b   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^b  

^a Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Haïti)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Crystal VC; RDT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES CULTURE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; CRYSTAL VC; RDT;

CHOLERA; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FECES; HAITI; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84880763119     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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