Sensitivity and specificity of HAT Sero-K-SeT, a rapid diagnostic test for serodiagnosis of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: A case-control study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Büscher, Philippe ^a   Mertens, Pascal ^d   Leclipteux, Thierry ^d   Gilleman, Quentin ^d   Jacquet, Diane ^b   Mumba Ngoyi, Dieudonné ^e   Pyana, Patient Pati ^e   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Lejon, Veerle ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Applied Technology and Production Unit   (Belgium)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (Belgium)

^d Coris BioConcept ^*  (Belgium)

^e Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CARD AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HAT SERO K SET RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNE TRYPANOLYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GAMBIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY; STANDARDS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901253086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70203-7     Document Type: Article

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