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Evaluation of a point-of-care immunoassay test kit ‘StrongStep’ for cryptococcal antigen detection

BACKGROUND: HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is the leading cause of adult meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for 15%–20% of AIDS-attributable mortality. The development of point-of-care assays has greatly improved the screening and diagnosis of cryptococcal disease. We evaluated a p...

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Autores principales: Mpoza, Edward, Mukaremera, Liliane, Kundura, Didas Atwebembere, Akampurira, Andrew, Luggya, Tonny, Tadeo, Kiiza Kandole, Pastick, Katelyn A., Bridge, Sarah C., Tugume, Lillian, Kiggundu, Reuben, Musubire, Abdu K., Williams, Darlisha A., Muzoora, Conrad, Nalintya, Elizabeth, Rajasingham, Radha, Rhein, Joshua, Boulware, David R., Meya, David B., Abassi, Mahsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5755834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29304090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190652