The effectiveness of active population screening and treatment for sleeping sickness control in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Summary Background The human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) control programme of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) uses mass screening with the card agglutination test for trypanosomes (CATT). We looked at the contribution of CATT and improved parasitological confirmation to the effectiveness o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tropical medicine & international health 2004-05, Vol.9 (5), p.542-550
Hauptverfasser:	Robays, Jo, Bilengue, Miaka Mia C., Stuyft, Patrick Van der, Boelaert, Marleen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agglutination Tests - standards Biological and medical sciences card agglutination test for trypanosomes Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo - epidemiology effectiveness human African trypanosomiasis Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Mass Screening - methods Mass Screening - standards Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data population screening Protozoal diseases Sensitivity and Specificity Treatment Outcome Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis, African - diagnosis Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology
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