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Field Evaluation of Two Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A during the 2006 Outbreak in Niger

The Pastorex(®) (BioRad) rapid agglutination test is one of the main rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for meningococcal disease currently in use in the “meningitis belt”. Earlier evaluations, performed after heating and centrifugation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples, under good laboratory conditio...

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Autores principales: Rose, Angela M. C., Gerstl, Sibylle, Mahamane, Ali E.-H., Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Bonte, Laurence, Caugant, Dominique A., Guerin, Philippe J., Chanteau, Suzanne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19802392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007326