Diagnostic accuracy of PCR in gambiense sleeping sickness diagnosis, staging and post-treatment follow-up: a 2-year longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been proposed for diagnosis, staging and post-treatment follow-up of sleeping sickness but no large-scale clinical evaluations of its diagnostic accuracy have taken place yet. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:An 18S ribosomal RNA gene targeting PCR wa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3042993?pdf=render |