Diagnostic Accuracy of Loopamp Trypanosoma brucei Detection Kit for Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Clinical Samples

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Mitashi, Patrick ^a,b,c   Hasker, Epco ^a   Ngoyi, Dieudonné Mumba ^b,c   Pyana, Pati Patient ^c   Lejon, Veerle ^a   Van der Veken, Wim ^d   Lutumba, Pascal ^b,c   Büscher, Philippe ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Deborggraeve, Stijn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Kinshasa University   (Congo)

^c Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^d Belgian Development Agency   (Congo)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; LYMPH; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84887308118     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002504     Document Type: Article

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