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Value of Routine Dengue Diagnostic Tests in Urine and Saliva Specimens. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:Dengue laboratory diagnosis is essentially based on detection of the virus, its components or antibodies directed against the virus in blood samples.
Anne-Claire Andries, Veasna Duong, Sowath Ly, Julien Cappelle, Kim Srorn Kim, Patrich Lorn Try, Sopheaktra Ros, Sivuth Ong, Rekol Huy, Paul Horwood, Marie Flamand, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Arnaud Tarantola, Philippe Buchy   +13 more
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Routine blood tests as a potential diagnostic tool for COVID-19 [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), 2020
Objectives The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to date, the epidemic has gradually spread to 209 countries worldwide with more than 1.5 million infected people and 100,000 deaths. Amplification of viral RNA by rRT-
Davide Ferrari, Andrea Motta, M. Strollo, G. Banfi, M. Locatelli   +4 more
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"Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2013
BACKGROUND: The debate on rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has begun to shift from whether RDTs should be used, to how and under what circumstances their use can be optimized.
AL Greer, C Asiimwe, C Chandler, C Chandler, C Drakeley, Christopher JM Whitty, CIR Chandler, Clare IR Chandler, D Kyabayinze, D Maslove, D Mukanga, D Mukanga, DH Hamer, E Hsu, EK Ansah, Evelyn K Ansah, F Baiden, H Reyburn, H Williams, I Masanja, IA Agyepong, J Chinkhumba, J Kizito, J Skarbinski, Joanna Reynolds, KA Elmardi, M-J DelVecchio Good, MI Masanja, MJ Barger-Lux, N Howteerakul, O Sabot, RS Wijesinghe, S Moon, S Timmermans, Samson Akanpigbiam, U Ssekabira, V D’Acremont, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Y Lubell, Z Bisoffi   +40 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Routine Laboratory Tests for COVID-19

Reports, 2022
Objectives: COVID-19 has ravaged healthcare systems across the globe. Availability of and timely results for PCR testing have made diagnosis in the Emergency Department challenging.
Joshua Davis, Gina Gilderman
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Increased use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests improves targeting of anti-malarial treatment in rural Tanzania: implications for nationwide rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2012
: BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of care as one strategy to increase
Baraka Amuri, CIR Chandler, D Bell, D Payne, D Zurovac, Dan Kajungu, DS Ishengoma, HA Williams, IM Masanja, Irene M Masanja, J Faucher, Jacek Skarbinski, L Gilson, LJ Manham, Majige Selemani, Rashid Khatib, S Patrick Kachur, SA Harvey, TJ O’Dempsey, United Republic of Tanzania. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, V D’Acremont, W Rennie, World Health Organization   +22 more
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Routine Individual Feedback on Requests for Diagnostic Tests

Medical Decision Making, 1996
The authors assessed the economic consequences of routine individual feedback on test requests provided to 85 family physicians in a region with 187,000 inhabitants. In a retrospective study as part of a quasi-experiment, cost trends in a region where feedback was provided over a seven-year period were compared with cost trends elsewhere in The ...
R. Winkens, A. Ament, P. Pop, Peter H.A. Reniers, R. Grol, André Knottnerus   +5 more
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Diagnostic value of routine liver tests.

Clinical Chemistry, 1975
Abstract In 131 patients on a medical service and 97 patients on a surgical service, in whom a diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease was verified in the hospital, the diagnostic value of routine liver tests performed soon after admission was evaluated by stepwise discriminant analysis.
Per Winkel, Klavs Ramsøe, Jørgen Lyngbye, Niels Tygstrup   +3 more
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The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections on Routine Mycobacterium bovis Diagnostic Tests

Veterinary Medicine International, 2011
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is diagnosed in naturally infected populations exposed to a wide variety of other pathogens. This study describes the cell-mediated immune responses of cattle exposed to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) and ...
Claire Barry, David Corbett, Douwe Bakker, Peter Andersen, Jim McNair, Sam Strain   +5 more
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Clinical comparison of three SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification tests for routine diagnostic testing

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Cycle threshold (Ct) values from SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification tests have been used to estimate viral load for treatment decisions.
Tetiana Garmatiuk, Christine Gränitz-Trisko, Charlotte Sochor-Geischläger, Theresa Polsterer, Francesca Caselotto, Lukas Willitsch, Birgit Reinhardt, Wolfgang Huf   +7 more
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Acute brainstem encephalitis associated with in an adult: a case report [PDF]

Encephalitis, 2021
Brainstem encephalitis (BE) associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in adults is rare, and the diagnosis is challenging. We describe an uncommon case of BE in an immunocompetent patient.
Min-Hee Woo, Jung-Won Shin
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