A point-of-care test for measles diagnosis: detection of measles-specific IgM antibodies and viral nucleic acid
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of a newly developed point-of-care test (POCT) for the detection of measles-specific IgM antibodies in serum and oral fluid specimens and to assess if measles virus nucleic acid could be recovered from used POCT strips. METHODS: The POCT was used to test 170 se...
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Main Authors: | Lenesha Warrener (Author), Rimantas Slibinskas (Author), Kaw Bing Chua (Author), Wondatir Nigatu (Author), Kevin E Brown (Author), Kestutis Sasnauskas (Author), Dhanraj Samuel (Author), David Brown (Author) |
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The World Health Organization,
2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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