Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Yaws Infection in a Community Surveillance Setting

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Marks, Michael ^a,b   Goncalves, Adriana ^a   Vahi, Ventis ^c   Sokana, Oliver ^c   Puiahi, Elliot ^c   Zhang, Zaixing ^d   Dalipanda, Tenneth ^c   Bottomley, Christian ^a   Mabey, David ^a,b   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DPP TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; REAGIN TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION ASSAY; YAWS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELANESIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 84907588538     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003156     Document Type: Article

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