"Piggy-backing" on diagnostic platforms brings hope to neglected diseases: the case of sleeping sickness

What is worse, no similar test is available for T. b. rhodesiense infection. [...]no successful attempt has been made to transform the CATT into a single-format lateral flow test (LFT), which would make it more accessible to diagnostics facilities. Leveraging its contribution to the collaborations t...

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010-05, Vol.4 (5), p.e715-e715
Main Authors: Ndung'u, Joseph Mathu, Bieler, Sylvain, Roscigno, Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Biomedical Research - economics
Biomedical Research - organization & administration
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - economics
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods
Disease
Good Manufacturing Practice
Humans
Immunoassay - methods
Industrial development
Infectious Diseases/Neglected Tropical Diseases
Infectious Diseases/Protozoal Infections
Laboratory animals
Malaria
Manufacturing
Mass Screening - methods
Nonprofit organizations
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevalence
Product development
Profits
Project management
Sensitivity and Specificity
Technological change
Tropical diseases
Trypanosomiasis, African - diagnosis
Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology
Trypanosomiasis, African - prevention & control
Tuberculosis
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Summary:What is worse, no similar test is available for T. b. rhodesiense infection. [...]no successful attempt has been made to transform the CATT into a single-format lateral flow test (LFT), which would make it more accessible to diagnostics facilities. Leveraging its contribution to the collaborations that are established during the product development process, FIND negotiates access strategies that guarantee sustained availability of high-quality tests at affordable prices for the public and non-profit private healthcare sectors.
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000715