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Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Yaws Infection in a Community Surveillance Setting
Yaws is a non-venereal treponemal infection caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue. The WHO has launched a worldwide control programme, which aims to eradicate yaws by 2020. The development of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for serological diagnosis in the isolated communities affected by yaws is...
Autores principales: | Marks, Michael, Goncalves, Adriana, Vahi, Ventis, Sokana, Oliver, Puiahi, Elliot, Zhang, Zaixing, Dalipanda, Tenneth, Bottomley, Christian, Mabey, David, Solomon, Anthony W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25211018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003156 |
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