Phase II Evaluation of Sensitivity and Specificity of PCR and NASBA Followed by Oligochromatography for Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Clinical Samples from D.R. Congo and Uganda

• Enock Matovu ,

  * E-mail: matovue@vetmed.mak.ac.ug

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Claire M. Mugasa,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Rosine Ali Ekangu,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Stijn Deborggraeve,

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• George W. Lubega,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Thierry Laurent,

  Affiliation Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Gerard J. Schoone,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Henk D. Schallig,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Philippe Büscher

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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