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Improving the coverage and accuracy of syphilis testing: The development of a novel rapid, point-of-care test for confirmatory testing of active syphilis infection and its early evaluation in China and South Africa
BACKGROUND: Current point-of-care tests (POCT) for syphilis, based on the detection of Treponema pallidum (TP) total antibodies, have limited capacity in distinguishing between active and past/treated syphilis. We report the development and early evaluation of a new prototype POCT based on the detec...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7327895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32637904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100440 |