Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis.
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...
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Main Authors: | Francesco Checchi (Author), François Chappuis (Author), Unni Karunakara (Author), Gerardo Priotto (Author), Daniel Chandramohan (Author) |
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2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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