Performance of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in African children admitted to hospital with diarrhea.

Gédéon Prince ManouanaEva LorenzMirabeau Mbong NgwesePaul Alvyn Nguema MoureOumou Maiga AscofaréCharity Wiafe AkentenJohn AmuasiNjari RakotozandrindrainyRaphael RakotozandrindrainyJoyce R MbwanaJohn LusinguNatalie ByrneSophia MelhemJeannot Frejus ZinsouRoméo Bayodé AdegbiteBenedikt HoganDoris WinterJurgen MayPeter Gottfried KremsnerSteffen BorrmannDaniel EibachAdegnika Ayola Akim

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)

The weak performance of the studied RDT suggests the need to carefully evaluate available commercial RDTs before their use as standard tools in clinical trials and community survey of Cryptosporidium infections in pediatric cohorts.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
clinical trial
healthcare
young adults
mental health
sensitive detection
cross sectional
irritable bowel syndrome
real time pcr
label free
clostridium difficile
acute care
phase ii
randomized controlled trial
open label
solid state
study protocol
double blind
childhood cancer