Cryptococcal antigen prevalence in HIV-infected Tanzanians: a cross-sectional study and evaluation of a point-of-care lateral flow assay.

Objectives: Cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) screening at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and pre-emptive antifungal treatment for those testing positive could prevent many cases of cryptococcal meningitis (CM). To investigate whether CRAG screening would be feasible in Tanzania, we conducted a c...

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Publicado en:Tropical Medicine & International Health Vol. 18; no. 9; pp. 1075 - 1080
Autores principales: Rugemalila, Joan, Maro, Venance P, Kapanda, Gibson, Ndaro, Arnold J, Jarvis, Joseph N
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2013
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