A laboratory-based evaluation of four rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis.

BACKGROUND: Syphilis point-of-care tests may reduce morbidity and ongoing transmission by increasing the proportion of people rapidly treated. Syphilis stage and co-infection with HIV may influence test performance. We evaluated four commercially available syphilis point-of-care devices in a head-to...

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Main Authors: Louise M Causer, John M Kaldor, Christopher K Fairley, Basil Donovan, Theo Karapanagiotidis, David E Leslie, Peter W Robertson, Anna M McNulty, David Anderson, Handan Wand, Damian P Conway, Ian Denham, Claire Ryan, Rebecca J Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3950184?pdf=render