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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020

Precision of the Abbott RealTime Assay in the Detection of Ocular

Kieran S O'Brien, Ambahun Chernet, Jeanne Moncada, Julius Schachter, Paul M Emerson, Scott D Nash, Melsew Chanyalew, Zerihun Tadesse, Zhaoxia Zhou, Charles E McCulloch and 2 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Kieran S O'Brien1Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Ambahun Chernet3The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jeanne Moncada4Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Julius Schachter4Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Paul M Emerson5International Trachoma Initiative, Decatur, Georgia.
Scott D Nash6The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
Melsew Chanyalew7The Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahirdar, Ethiopia.
Zerihun Tadesse3The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Zhaoxia Zhou1Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Charles E McCulloch8Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Thomas M Lietman1Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Jeremy D Keenan1Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Funding

TANA IIU10EY016214 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LIETMAN, THOMAS M · 2004 to 2013
$4.4M
Optimal trachoma control after mass antibiotic distributionsK23EY019071 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KEENAN, JEREMY DAVID · 2008 to 2012
$982k
NEI NIH HHS K23 EY019071NEI NIH HHS U10 EY016214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid amplification tests are increasingly used to detect ocular chlamydia infection in trachoma research and programs. To evaluate the reliability of

Indexed as

Chlamydia trachomatisChildChild, PreschoolConjunctivitis, InclusionCross-Sectional StudiesEthiopiaEyeFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID32394877
PMCPMC7356464

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