Sleeping sickness: management
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sleeping sickness: management: Screening tests The Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT) Immunofluorescence ELISA Parasitological confirmation Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features Electroencephalogram…
Screening tests
- The Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomiasis (CATT)
- Immunofluorescence
- ELISA
Parasitological confirmation
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Treatment for Gambiense
Treatment for Rhodesiense
Synonyms
References
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