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Comparison of Diagnostic Tests for Onchocerca volvulus in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Onchocerciasis is diagnosed by detecting microfilariae in skin snips or by detecting OV16 IgG4 antibodies in blood by either enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or a rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Here, we compare the sensitivity and specificity of these three tests in persons with epilepsy livi...

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Autores principales:	Hotterbeekx, An, Perneel, Jolien, Mandro, Michel, Abhafule, Germain, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Dusabimana, Alfred, Abrams, Steven, Kumar-Singh, Samir, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060435

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