10,700
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2017
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2021
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2021
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
The 4 rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) will be carried out on fresh blood from clinical suspects. Only those subjects that are positive in at least 1 RDT will 1) undergo tests on DBS (immune trypanolysis, ELISA and DNA detection); 2) undergo parasitological confirmation (reference standard) at inclusion.
Serological and molecular tests on DBS
Serological and molecular reference tests on dried blood spots (DBS) are carried out on RDT positive clinical suspects, which also undergo parasitological examination at inclusion (reference standard). If at least one of the serological or molecular reference tests on dried blood spots is positive, parasitological examination is repeated 3 and 6 months after inclusion. The combined results of parasitological examinations (at inclusion and if applicable at 3 and 6 months) serve as reference standard
Institut Pierre Richet, Institut National de Santé Publique, Bouaké
Programme Nationale de Lutte contre la trypanosomiase humaine Africaine, Kinshasa
Programme Nationale de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Ministère de Santé, Division Prévention et Lutte contre la Maladie, Conakry
Ministry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo
OTHER_GOV
Ministry of Health, Guinea
OTHER_GOV
Institut National de Sante Publique
OTHER
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
OTHER
CIRDES
UNKNOWN
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
OTHER
University of Liverpool
OTHER
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
OTHER_GOV