Performance of Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Malaria and Human African Trypanosomiasis by Diagnostic Laboratories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a Nation-Wide External Quality Assessment.

Performance of Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Malaria and Human African Trypanosomiasis by Diagnostic Laboratories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a Nation-Wide External Quality Assessment.

The present External Quality Assessment (EQA) assessed microscopy of blood parasites among diagnostic laboratories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The EQA addressed 445 participants in 10/11 provinces (October 2013-April 2014). Participants were sent a panel of five slides and asked to retu...

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Main Authors: Pierre Mukadi, Veerle Lejon, Barbara Barbé, Philippe Gillet, Christophe Nyembo, Albert Lukuka, Joris Likwela, Crispin Lumbala, Justin Mbaruku, Wim Vander Veken, Dieudonné Mumba, Pascal Lutumba, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Jan Jacobs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4720473?pdf=render

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