Laboratory evaluation of the rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 using diarrheal samples.

• Main Authors: Goutam Chowdhury (Author), Tarosi Senapati (Author), Bhabatosh Das (Author), Asha Kamath (Author), Debottam Pal (Author), Puja Bose (Author), Arundhati Deb (Author), Sangita Paul (Author), Asish K Mukhopadhyay (Author), Shanta Dutta (Author), Thandavarayan Ramamurthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease is a major public health problem in many developing countries. Several rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are available for the detection of cholera, but their efficacies are not compared in an endemic setting. In this study, we have compa...