Diagnosing dengue at the point-of-care : utility of a rapid combined diagnostic kit in Singapore

• Main Authors: Gan, Victor C., Tan, Li-Kiang, Lye, David C., Pok, Kwoon-Yong, Mok, Shi-Qi, Chua, Rachel Choon-Rong, Leo, Yee-Sin, Ng, Lee-Ching
• 其他作者: Bausch, Daniel G.
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 主題: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104116; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19516
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

WHO recommendations for dengue diagnosis require laboratory facilities. Antibody-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have performed poorly, and clinical diagnosis remains the mainstay in dengue-endemic countries. We evaluated a combination antigen-antibody RDT for point-of-care testing in a high-pre...