Diagnostic accuracy of loopamp Trypanosoma brucei detection kit for diagnosis of human African Trypanosomiasis in clinical samples

P. Mitashi; E. Hasker; D. Mumba Ngoyi; P.P. Pyana; V. Lejon; W. Van der Veken; P. Lutumba; P. Büscher; M. Boelaert; S. Deborggraeve

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002504

Diagnostic accuracy of loopamp Trypanosoma brucei detection kit for diagnosis of human African Trypanosomiasis in clinical samples

P. Mitashi, E. Hasker, D. Mumba Ngoyi, P.P. Pyana, V. Lejon, W. Van der Veken, P. Lutumba, P. Büscher, M. Boelaert, S. Deborggraeve

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Original language	English
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	7
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	e2504
ISSN	1935-2727
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002504
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Protozoal diseases
Sleeping sickness
Trypanosomiasis-African
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Performance
Rapid diagnostic tests
Detection
Sampling
Kit
Specificity
Sensitivity
Accuracy
Reproducibility
Laboratory diagnosis
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

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Mitashi, P., Hasker, E., Mumba Ngoyi, D., Pyana, P. P., Lejon, V., Van der Veken, W., Lutumba, P., Büscher, P., Boelaert, M., & Deborggraeve, S. (2013). Diagnostic accuracy of loopamp Trypanosoma brucei detection kit for diagnosis of human African Trypanosomiasis in clinical samples. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(10), e2504. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002504

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