Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of prototype rapid tests for human African trypanosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Jeremy M Sternberg (Author), Marek Gierliński (Author), Sylvain Biéler (Author), Michael A J Ferguson (Author), Joseph M Ndung'u (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains a challenge both for active screening, which is critical in control of the disease, and in the point-of-care scenario where early and accurate diagnosis is essential. Recently, the first field deployment of a lateral flow rapid diagnostic test...