Laboratory evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 460-461

  Terrade, Aude ^a   Collard, Jean Marc ^b   Nato, Farida ^a   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire   (Niger)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Rapid test; Serogroup A

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID DETECTION TEST; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RAPID TEST; SEROGROUP A;

HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888993716     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt041     Document Type: Article

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