Diagnosing dengue at the point-of-care: Utility of a rapid combined diagnostic kit in Singapore

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Gan, Victor C ^a   Tan, Li Kiang ^b   Lye, David C ^a,c   Pok, Kwoon Yong ^b   Mok, Shi Qi ^a   Chua, Rachel Choon Rong ^b   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,c   Ng, Lee Ching ^b,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DENGUE VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84898669941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090037     Document Type: Article

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