Performance of Parasitological and Molecular Techniques for the Diagnosis and Surveillance of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness

Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi; Rosine Ali Ekangu; Marie France Mumvemba Kodi; Patient Pati Pyana; Fatima Balharbi; Mélanie Decq; Victor Kande Betu; Wim Van der Veken; Claude Sese; Joris Menten; Philippe Büscher; Veerle Lejon

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002954

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Performance of Parasitological and Molecular Techniques for the Diagnosis and Surveillance of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness

Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Rosine Ali Ekangu,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Marie France Mumvemba Kodi,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Patient Pati Pyana,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Fatima Balharbi,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Mélanie Decq,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Victor Kande Betu,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Wim Van der Veken,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Claude Sese,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Joris Menten,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Philippe Büscher ,

* E-mail: pbuscher@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Veerle Lejon

Affiliation UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD INTERTRYP, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Performance of Parasitological and Molecular Techniques for the Diagnosis and Surveillance of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness

Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi,
Rosine Ali Ekangu,
Marie France Mumvemba Kodi,
Patient Pati Pyana,
Fatima Balharbi,
Mélanie Decq,
Victor Kande Betu,
Wim Van der Veken,
Claude Sese,
Joris Menten

Published: June 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002954

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