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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Autores principales: | 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 |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/a146d458bde849eca7d03814eebfeb3f |
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