Performance of microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and human African trypanosomiasis by diagnostic laboratories in the democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a nation-wide external quality assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mukadi, Pierre ^a,b   Lejon, Veerle ^c   Barbé, Barbara ^d   Gillet, Philippe ^d   Nyembo, Christophe ^b   Lukuka, Albert ^e   Likwela, Joris ^e   Lumbala, Crispin ^f   Mbaruku, Justin ^f   Veken, Wim Vander ^f   Mumba, Dieudonné ^a,g   Lutumba, Pascal ^a,b,g   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^a,g   Jacobs, Jan ^d,h  

^a National Institute of Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^b University of Lubumbashi   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e National Malaria Control Programme   (Congo)

^f National Human African Trypanosomiasis Control Program   (Congo)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; QUALITY CONTROL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; BLOOD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84958568102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146450     Document Type: Article

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