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Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: syphilis

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Figure 1: Suggested rapid diagnostic test algorithms and treatment decision points for syphilis.

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The WHO/TDR Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diagnostics Initiative (SDI) would like to Drs Yaw Adu-Darkodie, Michael Alary, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Carlos Conde, King Holmes, Edward Hook III, Robert Johnson, Laurie Markowitz, Milton Tam, Chantapong Wasi and Yue-Ping Yin for their valuable input into the design and conduct of the SDI diagnostics evaluation scheme, which forms the basis of these guides.

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  1. Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, BS40 5DN, North Somerset, UK

    Alan Herring

  2. Division of AIDS, STD and TB Laboratory Research, CDC, 1, 600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, 30333, Georgia, USA

    Ron Ballard

  3. Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

    David Mabey

  4. UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, CH-1211 27, Switzerland

    Rosanna W. Peeling

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