Rapid diagnostic test

And three, lumbar puncture for staging.

For Gambian C heart screening, serological tests are widely used, such as the CAD agglutination test for trypanosomiasis or rapid diagnostic test, RDTs, However, because serology has no positive predictive value in low-prevalence settings, parasitological confirmation is essential.

We look for live trypanosomes using microscopy on lymph node aspirates, wet blood mounds, or concentration techniques like the mini-anion exchange centrifugation technique called MAECT.

A capillary tube centrifugation, which is otherwise called a Wu test, Note that for rodentiency HAT, no serological RDT exists because parasitemia is naturally high and easily visualized on thick blood fields.

Sandwich ELISA tests look for parts of the pathogen itself, so these tests can indicate active infections.

Now, rapid diagnostic tests apply very similar principles.

Many of those use antibody-based detection systems designed to produce visible results within minutes.

And when I say rapid diagnostic tests, a lot of times I'm talking about the tests that you add some kind of liquid to and you see color-changing lines.

So examples include rapid strep, strep tests, pregnancy tests, influenza tests, and many COVID-19 antigen tests.

One major advantage of these methods is speed.