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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