Standardisation of lymphatic filariasis microfilaraemia prevalence estimates based on different diagnostic methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infection is generally diagnosed through parasitological identification of microfilariae (mf) in the blood. Although historically the most commonly used technique for counting mf is the thick blood smear based on 20 µl blood (TBS20), various other techniques and...

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Autores principales: Vinkeles Melchers, Natalie V. S., Coffeng, Luc E., de Vlas, Sake J., Stolk, Wilma A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7288683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32527335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04144-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7288683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32527335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04144-9

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