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Nature Reviews Evaluating Diagnostics: The VL Guide is the third supplement in a series of user-friendly operational guides explaining how to conduct evaluations for diagnostic tests for infectious diseases.
There are five articles including:
1. Ridley R. Evaluating diagnostics: VL (2007) Nature Reviews Microbiology Supplement (November): S1.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n11_supp/full/nrmicro1765.html
2. RW Peeling, Smith PG, Bossuyt PM. A guide for diagnostic evaluations (2007) Nature Reviews Microbiology Supplement (November): S2-SS6.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n11_supp/full/nrmicro1522.html
3. Chappuis F, Sundar S, Hailu A, Ghalib H, Rijal S, Peeling RW, Alvar J, Boelaert M. Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? (2007) Nature Reviews Microbiology Supplement (November): S7-S16.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n11_supp/full/nrmicro1748.html
4. The TDR Diagnostic Evaluation Expert Panel. Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles (2007) Nature Reviews Microbiology Supplement (November): S17-S29.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n12_supp/full/nrmicro1523.html
5. Boelaert M, Bhattacharya S, Chappuis F, El Safi SH, Hailu A, Mondal D, Rijal S, Sundar S, Wasunna M, Peeling RW. Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: visceral leishmaniasis (2007) Nature Reviews Microbiology Supplement (November): S30-S39.
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n11_supp/full/nrmicro1766.html
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