The cost and cost-effectiveness of rapid testing strategies for yaws diagnosis and surveillance.
Yaws is a non-venereal treponemal infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. The disease is targeted by WHO for eradication by 2020. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are envisaged for confirmation of clinical cases during treatment campaigns and for certification of the interruption of...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | Christopher Fitzpatrick (Author), Kingsley Asiedu (Author), Anita Sands (Author), Tita Gonzalez Pena (Author), Michael Marks (Author), Oriol Mitja (Author), Filip Meheus (Author), Patrick Van der Stuyft (Author) |
---|---|
Format: | Book |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS),
2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Connect to this object online. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Prioritizing surveillance activities for certification of yaws eradication based on a review and model of historical case reporting.
by: Christopher Fitzpatrick, et al.
Published: (2018) -
Where the road ends, yaws begins? The cost-effectiveness of eradication versus more roads.
by: Christopher Fitzpatrick, et al.
Published: (2014) -
Trachoma and Yaws: Common Ground?
by: Anthony W Solomon, et al.
Published: (2015) -
Eradication of yaws: historical efforts and achieving WHO's 2020 target.
by: Kingsley Asiedu, et al.
Published: (2014) -
Advances in the diagnosis of endemic treponematoses: yaws, bejel, and pinta.
by: Oriol Mitjà, et al.
Published: (2013)