Photo of Chagas rapid diagnostic tests showing the results of immunochromatographic processing. The appearance of bands both at “C” (Control) and “T” (Test) indicate a positive result. If a band is only present for “C”, and absent at “T”, then the result is negative. Note the variation in band intensities. Marchiol et al 2023.
Image Credit: Andres Caicedo, DNDi
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