Metaanalysis of the Performance of a Combined Treponemal and Nontreponemal Rapid Diagnostic Test for Syphilis and Yaws

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 627-633

  Marks, Michael ^a,b   Yin, Yue Ping ^c,d   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^c,d   Castro, Arnold ^e   Causer, Louise ^f   Guy, Rebecca ^f   Wangnapi, Regina ^g   Mitjà, Oriol ^h,i   Aziz, Abdul ^j   Castro, Rita ^k   Da Luz Martins Pereira, Filomena ^k   Taleo, Fasihah ^l   Guinard, Jérôme ^m   Bélec, Laurent ^n,o   Tun, Ye ^p   Bottomley, Christian ^a   Ballard, Ronald C ^p   Mabey, David C W ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

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

ⁱ Lihir Medical Centre   (Papua New Guinea)

^j Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^k INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^l Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

^m CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

ⁿ HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^p CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

metaanalysis; point of care test; sexually transmitted infections; syphilis; yaws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMBIO TEST KIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL PATH PLATFORM SYPHILIS SCREEN AND CONFIRM TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; LABORATORY TEST; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RAPID TEST; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YAWS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; YAWS;

EID: 84995494464     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw348     Document Type: Article

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