Evaluation of Six Commercially Available Rapid Immunochromatographic Tests for the Diagnosis of Rabies in Brain Material.

Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease that causes an estimated 60,000 human deaths annually. The main burden lies on developing countries in Asia and Africa, where surveillance and disease detection is hampered by absence of adequate laboratory facilities and/or the difficulties of submitting sampl...

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Main Authors: Elisa Eggerbauer, Paola de Benedictis, Bernd Hoffmann, Thomas C Mettenleiter, Kore Schlottau, Ernest C Ngoepe, Claude T Sabeta, Conrad M Freuling, Thomas Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4918935?pdf=render