Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance during an Urban Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007

Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the “meningitis belt” of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launching mass vaccination campaigns, to assure use of the correct vaccine. Rapid agglutination (latex) tests are most co...

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Autores principales: Rose, Angela M. C., Mueller, Judith E., Gerstl, Sibylle, Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie, Page, Anne-Laure, Nicolas, Pierre, Traoré, Ramata Ouédraogo, Caugant, Dominique A., Guerin, Philippe J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20552035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20552035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011086

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