Validation of a Rapid Rabies Diagnostic Tool for Field Surveillance in Developing Countries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Léchenne, Monique ^a,b   Naïssengar, Kemdongarti ^c   Lepelletier, Anthony ^d   Alfaroukh, Idriss Oumar ^c   Bourhy, Hervé ^d   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a,b   Dacheux, Laurent ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Institut de Recherche en Elevage Pour Le Développement   (Chad)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; DOG; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RAPID RABIES DIAGNOSTIC TOOL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHAD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN; CHAD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LABORATORIES; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84994338574     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005010     Document Type: Article

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