Performance of parasitological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and surveillance of gambiense sleeping sickness.

• Main Authors: Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi (Author), Rosine Ali Ekangu (Author), Marie France Mumvemba Kodi (Author), Patient Pati Pyana (Author), Fatima Balharbi (Author), Mélanie Decq (Author), Victor Kande Betu (Author), Wim Van der Veken (Author), Claude Sese (Author), Joris Menten (Author), Philippe Büscher (Author), Veerle Lejon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES:Recently, improvements have been made to diagnostics for gambiense sleeping sickness control but their performance remains poorly documented and may depend on specimen processing prior to examination. In a prospective study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we compared the diagnost...