Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers

The Chembio DPP (Dual Path Platform) Syphilis Screen & Confirm kit (https://chembio.com) is a rapid serologic test that can be used to diagnose yaws. We evaluated its capacity to detect patients with ulcers that tested PCR positive for Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. DPP detected 84% of ulc...

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Autores principales: Suñer, Clara, John, Lucy N., Houinei, Wendy, Ubals, Maria, Ouchi, Dan, Alemany, Andrea, Galván-Casas, Cristina, Marks, Michael, Mitjà, Oriol, Vall-Mayans, Martí, Beiras, Camila G.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230608
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author Suñer, Clara
John, Lucy N.
Houinei, Wendy
Ubals, Maria
Ouchi, Dan
Alemany, Andrea
Galván-Casas, Cristina
Marks, Michael
Mitjà, Oriol
Vall-Mayans, Martí
Beiras, Camila G.
author_facet Suñer, Clara
John, Lucy N.
Houinei, Wendy
Ubals, Maria
Ouchi, Dan
Alemany, Andrea
Galván-Casas, Cristina
Marks, Michael
Mitjà, Oriol
Vall-Mayans, Martí
Beiras, Camila G.
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description The Chembio DPP (Dual Path Platform) Syphilis Screen & Confirm kit (https://chembio.com) is a rapid serologic test that can be used to diagnose yaws. We evaluated its capacity to detect patients with ulcers that tested PCR positive for Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. DPP detected 84% of ulcers that were positive by PCR.
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spelling pubmed-103708682023-08-01 Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers Suñer, Clara John, Lucy N. Houinei, Wendy Ubals, Maria Ouchi, Dan Alemany, Andrea Galván-Casas, Cristina Marks, Michael Mitjà, Oriol Vall-Mayans, Martí Beiras, Camila G. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter The Chembio DPP (Dual Path Platform) Syphilis Screen & Confirm kit (https://chembio.com) is a rapid serologic test that can be used to diagnose yaws. We evaluated its capacity to detect patients with ulcers that tested PCR positive for Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. DPP detected 84% of ulcers that were positive by PCR. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10370868/ /pubmed/37486318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230608 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Suñer, Clara
John, Lucy N.
Houinei, Wendy
Ubals, Maria
Ouchi, Dan
Alemany, Andrea
Galván-Casas, Cristina
Marks, Michael
Mitjà, Oriol
Vall-Mayans, Martí
Beiras, Camila G.
Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title_full Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title_fullStr Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title_short Rapid Serologic Test for Diagnosis of Yaws in Patients with Suspicious Skin Ulcers
title_sort rapid serologic test for diagnosis of yaws in patients with suspicious skin ulcers
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486318
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230608
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