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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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