Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid point-of-care test for active yaws: A comparative study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e415-e421

  Ayove, Telek ^a   Houniei, Wendy ^b   Wangnapi, Regina ^c   Bieb, Sibauk V ^b   Kazadi, Walter ^d   Luke, Lisol Nirau ^e   Manineng, Clement ^e   Moses, Penias ^a   Paru, Raymond ^a   Esfandiari, Javan ^f   Alonso, Pedro L ^g   de Lazzari, Elisa ^g   Bassat, Quique ^g   Mabey, David ^h   Mitjà, Oriol ^a,g  

^a Lihir Medical Centre International SOS   (Papua New Guinea)

^b National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Faculty of Health Sciences Divine World University   (Papua New Guinea)

^f Chembio Diagnostic Systems   (United States)

^g CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL PATH PLATFORM SYPHILIS ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; YAWS; BLOOD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; YAWS;

EID: 84907571803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70231-1     Document Type: Article

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