Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
THEME ISSUE
Global Poverty and Human Development
Research
Cost-effectiveness of Algorithms for Confirmation Test of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Table 1
Screening algorithms for human African trypanosomiasis*
Label | Algorithm | Abbreviation | |
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Algorithm 1 or standard | Lymph node puncture, fresh blood examination, and thick blood film | LNP-FBE-TBF | |
Algorithm 2 | Lymph node puncture and capillary tube centrifugation | LNP-CTC | |
Algorithm 3 | Lymph node puncture, CATT titration, capillary tube centrifugation, and mini-anion exchange centrifugation technique | LNP-CATT titration-CTC-mAECT | |
Algorithm 4 | Lymph node puncture, capillary tube centrifugation, and mini-anion exchange technique | LNP-CTC-mAECT | |
Algorithm 5 | Lymph node puncture, thick blood film, capillary tube centrifugation, and mini-anion exchange technique | LNP-TBF-CTC-mAECT | |
Algorithm 6 | Lymph node puncture, capillary tube centrifugation, and CATT titration | LNP-CTC-CATT titration | |
Algorithm 7 | Lymph node puncture, thick blood film, capillary tube centrifugation, mini-anion exchange technique, and CATT titration | LNP-TBF-CTC-mAECT-CATT titration |
*CATT, card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis; CATT titration, CATT titration at end-titer 8.