Investigation of a measles outbreak in Zimbabwe, 2010: Potential of a point of care test to replace laboratory confirmation of suspected cases

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3442-3450

  Shonhai, A ^a   Warrener, L ^b   Mangwanya, D ^c   Slibinskas, R ^d   Brown, K ^b   Brown, D ^b   Featherstone, D ^e   Samuel, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health and Child Care   (Zimbabwe)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotype; IgM; measles; oral fluid; point of contact

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; H GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; N GENE; NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS GENOME; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84955397353     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815000540     Document Type: Article

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