Meningitis dipstick rapid test: evaluating diagnostic performance during an urban Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007.

Meningitis dipstick rapid test: evaluating diagnostic performance during an urban Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007.

Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launching mass vaccination campaigns, to assure use of the correct vaccine. Rapid agglutination (latex) tests a...

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Main Authors: Angela M C Rose, Judith E Mueller, Sibylle Gerstl, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Anne-Laure Page, Pierre Nicolas, Ramata Ouédraogo Traoré, Dominique A Caugant, Philippe J Guerin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20552035/pdf/?tool=EBI

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