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Field evaluation of a new antibody-based diagnostic for Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni at the point-of-care in northeast Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for use at the point-of-care (POC) are likely to become increasingly useful as large-scale control programmes for schistosomiasis get underway. Given the low sensitivity of the reference standard egg count methods in detecting light infections, more sensitiv...
Autores principales: | Nausch, Norman, Dawson, Emily M, Midzi, Nicholas, Mduluza, Takafira, Mutapi, Francisca, Doenhoff, Michael J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24666689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-165 |
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