Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR in gambiense Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Treatment Follow-Up: A 2-year Longitudinal Study

Stijn Deborggraeve; Veerle Lejon; Rosine Ali Ekangu; Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi; Patient Pati Pyana; Médard Ilunga; Jean Pierre Mulunda; Philippe Büscher

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000972

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Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR in gambiense Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Treatment Follow-Up: A 2-year Longitudinal Study

Stijn Deborggraeve ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stijn Deborggraeve, Veerle Lejon

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Rega Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Veerle Lejon ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Stijn Deborggraeve, Veerle Lejon

* E-mail: vlejon@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Rosine Ali Ekangu,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Patient Pati Pyana,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Médard Ilunga,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Jean Pierre Mulunda,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Philippe Büscher

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR in gambiense Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Treatment Follow-Up: A 2-year Longitudinal Study

Stijn Deborggraeve,
Veerle Lejon,
Rosine Ali Ekangu,
Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi,
Patient Pati Pyana,
Médard Ilunga,
Jean Pierre Mulunda,
Philippe Büscher

Published: February 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000972

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