New biomarkers for stage determination in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients
New biomarkers for stage determination in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients
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Tiberti, Natalia , Matovu, Enock , Hainard, Alexandre , Enyaru, John Charles , Lejon, Veerle , Robin, Xavier , Turck, Natacha , Ngoyi, Dieudonné Mumba , Krishna, Sanjeev , Bisser, Sylvie , Courtioux, Bertrand , Büscher, Philippe , Kristensson, Krister , Ndung'u, Joseph Mathu and Sanchez, Jean-Charles
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Accurate stage determination is crucial in the choice of treatment for patients suffering from sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Current staging methods, based on the counting of white blood cells (WBC) and the detection of parasites in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have limited accuracy. We hypothesized that imm...
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New biomarkers for stage determination in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_58ca863ffa914542bf0e466e3bec0227
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_58ca863ffa914542bf0e466e3bec0227
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2001-1326
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2001-1326
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10.1186/2001-1326-2-1
