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First evidence that parasite infecting apparent aparasitemic serological suspects in human African trypanosomiasis are Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and are similar to those found in patients.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Kaboré Jacques, Koffi Mathurin, Bucheton Bruno, MacLeod Annette, Duffy Craig, Ilboudo Hamidou, Camara Mamadou, De Meeûs Thierry, Belem Adrien Marie Gaston, Jamonneau Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Thanks to its sensitivity and its ease of use in the field, the card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis (CATT) is widely used for serological screening of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Positive subjects are then examined by microscopy to confirm the disease. However, the CATT exhibits false-positive results raising the question of whether CATT-positive subjects who are not...
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