Rapid diagnostic tests for Lassa fever: what do we aim for?

Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Sep;24(9):944-945. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00235-4. Epub 2024 May 8.

Authors

Mirjam Groger¹, Michael Ramharter²

Affiliations

¹ Centre of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, and Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: groger@bnitm.de.
² Centre of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, and Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 38734013
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00235-4

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MeSH terms

Diagnostic Tests, Routine* / methods
Humans
Lassa Fever* / diagnosis
Lassa virus* / isolation & purification
Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity