Syndromic algorithms for detection of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in South Sudan.

• Main Authors: Jennifer J Palmer (Author), Elizeous I Surur (Author), Garang W Goch (Author), Mangar A Mayen (Author), Andreas K Lindner (Author), Anne Pittet (Author), Serena Kasparian (Author), Francesco Checchi (Author), Christopher J M Whitty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Active screening by mobile teams is considered the best method for detecting human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense but the current funding context in many post-conflict countries limits this approach. As an alternative, non-specialist health care workers (HCWs) i...