Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Francesco Checchi (Author), François Chappuis (Author), Unni Karunakara (Author), Gerardo Priotto (Author), Daniel Chandramohan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and typically include a screening (serological), confirmation (parasitological) and staging component. Th...