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Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect hepatitis B surface antigen: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is characterised by the persistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Expanding HBV diagnosis and treatment programmes into low resource settings will require high quality but inexpensive rapid ...
Ali Amini, Olivia Varsaneux, Helen Kelly, Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Debrah I. Boeras, Jane Falconer, Joseph D. Tucker, Roger Chou, Azumi Ishizaki, Philippa Easterbrook, Rosanna W. Peeling   +11 more
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Rapid Detection of Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli Using Phage-Based Bioluminescent Assay [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: There is a need for a reliable, time-saving, and specific detection assay for coliforms, environmental E. coli, and Enterobacteriaceae worldwide. Aim: To innovate a new principle of phage-based rapid diagnostic test for detecting E.
Sabah AA Jassim, Rand R Hafidh, Zahraa Q Ali, Ahmed S Abdulamir   +3 more
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Update on Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Malaria [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2008
SUMMARY To help mitigate the expanding global impact of malaria, with its associated increasing drug resistance, implementation of prompt and accurate diagnosis is needed. Malaria is diagnosed predominantly by using clinical criteria, with microscopy as the current gold standard for detecting parasitemia, even ...
Clinton K, Murray, Robert A, Gasser, Alan J, Magill, R Scott, Miller   +3 more
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The feasibility of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in drug shops in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: National malaria control programmes and international agencies are keen to scale-up the use of effective rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria.
Turinde Asaph, Anthony K Mbonye, Magnussen Pascal, Asaph Turinde, Clarke Siân, Clare Chandler, Ndyomugyenyi, Richard, Ndyomugyenyi Richard, Magnussen, Pascal, Mbonye, Anthony K, Pascal Magnussen, Clarke, Siân, Turinde, Asaph, Mbonye Anthony K, Chandler Clare, Chandler, Clare, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Siân Clarke   +17 more
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How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria are at the early stages of introduction across malaria endemic countries. This is central to efforts to decrease malaria overdiagnosis and the consequent overuse of valuable anti-malarials and ...
Ansah, Evelyn K, Evelyn K Ansah, Chandler, Clare IR, Christopher JM Whitty, Whitty, Christopher JM, Clare IR Chandler, Ansah Evelyn K, Chandler Clare IR, Whitty Christopher JM   +8 more
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The Utilisation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology for Diagnosis of Head and Neck Lesions in Paediatric Age Group [PDF]

Perspectives In Medical Research
Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology of head and neck region is well-accepted as a diagnostic procedure. It is a safe, simple, rapid, cost-effective, and minimally invasive way of diagnosing inflammatory, noninflammatory and neoplastic lesions ...
Ashwini R Desai, Abdul Sameer Mohammed, Deepak S Sadhu   +2 more
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Rapid Diagnostic Test for Sleeping Sickness

New England Journal of Medicine, 2013
Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening vectorborne disease of sub-Saharan Africa. Data on a prototype rapid diagnostic test for this condition are presented.
Büscher, P., Guilleman, Q., /Lejon, Veerle   +2 more
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Direct Dengue Virus Genome Sequencing from Antigen NS1 Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Proof-of-Concept with the Standard Q Dengue Duo Assay

Viruses, 2023
With nearly half of the world’s population being at risk of infection, dengue virus represents a major global health issue. The use of dengue antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) represents an alternative to PCR methods for the diagnosis of acute ...
Francisco-Javier Pérez-Rodríguez, Florian Laubscher, Valentin Chudzinski, Laurent Kaiser, Samuel Cordey   +4 more
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A rapid diagnostic test for schistosomiasis mansoni [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
This article presents an improvement to the Kato-Katz (KK) method, making it faster and more efficient for the visualisation of fertile eggs in stool samples. This modified KK method uses sodium acetate formalin as a fixative and reveals the intensity of infection in less than 1 h, reducing the diagnostic time without increasing the cost. This modified
Mello-Silva, Clelia Christina, Joao, Roberto Carlos, Augusto, Ronaldo de Carvalho, Santos, Claudia Portes   +3 more
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'As a clinician, you are not managing lab results, you are managing the patient': how the enactment of malaria at health facilities in Cameroon compares with new WHO guidelines for the use of malaria tests. [PDF]

, 2012
In response to widespread overuse of antimalarial drugs, the World Health Organisation changed guidelines in 2010 to restrict the use of antimalarials to parasitologically confirmed malaria cases. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have been presented
Njei, Abanda Ngu, Mbacham, Wilfred F, Chandler, Clare IR, Mangham, Lindsay, Achonduh, Olivia, Wiseman, Virginia   +5 more
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