Publications by authors named "Abdou Salam Ouedraogo"
Background: Serotype-specific diagnosis of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in children under age 5 years would mark a major advancement for understanding pneumococcal epidemiology and supporting vaccine decision-making.
Methods: A Luminex technology-based multiplex urinary antigen detection (UAD) diagnostic assay was developed and subsequently validated in adults, but its applicability to children is unknown. This study aimed to set appropriate cutoffs for use of the UAD in a healthy pediatric population and apply these cutoffs in children with pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the accuracy of four different HIV-1 viral quantitation platforms against the Abbott Real Time HIV-1 (m2000sp/rt) as a reference.
- Performance testing showed that m2000sp/rt had high repeatability and reproducibility, especially at different viral concentrations.
- While there was a strong correlation and concordance among the techniques, the Nuclisens EasyQ platform under-quantified the viral load of the CRF02_AG strain in some samples.