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Challenges Encountered When Evaluating an Antibody-Detecting Point-of-Care Test for Taeniosis in an Endemic Community in Zambia: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Taenia solium taeniosis diagnosis is challenging because current tests perform sub-optimally and/or are expensive, require sophisticated equipment, infrastructure and trained manpower, and therefore are not community deployable. A recently-developed, multi-strip, T. solium point-of-care test (TS POC...
Autores principales: | Mubanga, Chishimba, Trevisan, Chiara, Van Damme, Inge, Schmidt, Veronika, Phiri, Isaac K., Zulu, Gideon, Noh, John, Handali, Sukwan, Mambo, Richard, Chembensofu, Mwelwa, Masuku, Maxwell, Reynders, Dries, Jansen, Famke, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Magnussen, Pascal, Winkler, Andrea S., Dorny, Pierre, Mwape, Kabemba E., Gabriel, Sarah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34829386 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112039 |
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