A multi-center field study of two point-of-care tests for circulating Wuchereria bancrofti antigenemia in Africa.
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis uses point-of-care tests for circulating filarial antigenemia (CFA) to map endemic areas and for monitoring and evaluating the success of mass drug administration (MDA) programs. We compared the performance of the reference BinaxNOW Filariasis c...
Main Authors: | Cédric B Chesnais, Naomi-Pitchouna Awaca-Uvon, Fatoma K Bolay, Michel Boussinesq, Peter U Fischer, Lincoln Gankpala, Aboulaye Meite, François Missamou, Sébastien D Pion, Gary J Weil |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608416?pdf=render |
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