Una nueva y precisa prueba de diagnóstico para la tripanosomiasis humana africana

Marios C Papadopoulos1, Paulo M Abel, Dan Agranoff

  • 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

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Resumen

Un nuevo análisis de la firma proteómica diagnostica con precisión la tripanosomiasis humana africana (enfermedad del sueño) con una sensibilidad del 100% y una especificidad del 98,6%. Este nuevo enfoque de diagnóstico ofrece una mayor precisión que los métodos existentes para esta enfermedad tropical descuidada.

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