Validation of a Rapid Rabies Diagnostic Tool for Field Surveillance in Developing Countries.

• Main Authors: Monique Léchenne (Author), Kemdongarti Naïssengar (Author), Anthony Lepelletier (Author), Idriss Oumar Alfaroukh (Author), Hervé Bourhy (Author), Jakob Zinsstag (Author), Laurent Dacheux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:One root cause of the neglect of rabies is the lack of adequate diagnostic tests in the context of low income countries. A rapid, performance friendly and low cost method to detect rabies virus (RABV) in brain samples will contribute positively to surveillance and consequently to accurate...