| Title |
Are Treponema pallidum Specific Rapid and Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis Accurate Enough for Screening in Resource Limited Settings? Evidence from a Meta-Analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0054695 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yalda Jafari, Rosanna W. Peeling, Sushmita Shivkumar, Christiane Claessens, Lawrence Joseph, Nitika Pant Pai |
| Abstract |
Rapid and point-of-care (POC) tests for syphilis are an invaluable screening tool, yet inadequate evaluation of their diagnostic accuracy against best reference standards limits their widespread global uptake. To fill this gap, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of rapid and POC tests in blood and serum samples against Treponema pallidum (TP) specific reference standards. |
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| Kuwait | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 145 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 36 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 14% |
| Unknown | 29 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 37% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 13% |
| Unknown | 37 | 25% |