Microscopy Research
Vol.3 No.2(2015), Paper ID 55338, 9
pages
DOI:10.4236/mr.2015.32003
Improved Detection of Sleeping Sickness Cases by LED Fluorescence Microscopy: Evidence from a Prospective Multi-Centric Study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Patrick Mitashi, Pascal Lutumba, Crispin Lumbala, Paul Bessell, Sylvain Biéler, Joseph Mathu Ndung’u
Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Croisement de l’Avenue de la Libération et du Boulevard Triomphal 1, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, Switzerland
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, Switzerland
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, Switzerland
Copyright © 2015 Patrick Mitashi, Pascal Lutumba, Crispin Lumbala, Paul Bessell, Sylvain Biéler, Joseph Mathu Ndung’u et al. This is
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How to Cite this Article
Mitashi, P. , Lutumba, P. , Lumbala, C. , Bessell, P. , Biéler, S. and Ndung’u, J. (2015) Improved Detection of Sleeping Sickness Cases by LED Fluorescence Microscopy: Evidence from a Prospective Multi-Centric Study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Microscopy Research,
3, 17-25. doi:
10.4236/mr.2015.32003.