Angheben A, Gobbi F, Buonfrate D, Tais S, Degani M, Anselmi M, Bisoffi Z
Centro per le Malattie Tropicali, Ospedale Classificato Equiparato Sacro Cuore, Via Don Sempreboni 5, 37024, Negrar (Verona), Italia.
Centro Salute Globale, Via Gaetano Pieraccini 24, 50141, Firenze, Italy.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2017 Feb;110(1):9-12. doi: 10.1007/s13149-017-0546-6. Epub 2017 Jan 23.
A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is a test that can quickly determine (from minutes up to 2 h) a diagnosis. It is a simple, quick, and inexpensive technique that does not require complex equipment or specialized staff. For this reason, such tests have been proposed for the diagnosis of Chagas Disease (CD), which affects populations difficult to reach, or migrants in nonendemic areas, where there is a low prevalence of the disease. With these notes we take into consideration one of the best RDTs for CD currently available on the market as an example and make some comments on its use in the field on the base of the current evidences.
快速诊断测试（RDT）是一种能够快速（从几分钟到2小时）确定诊断结果的测试。它是一种简单、快速且成本低廉的技术，不需要复杂的设备或专业人员。因此，有人提议使用此类测试来诊断恰加斯病（CD），该病影响难以接触到的人群或非流行地区的移民，而这些地区该病的患病率较低。基于这些情况，我们以目前市场上现有的针对CD的最佳RDT之一为例，并根据现有证据对其在该领域的应用发表一些看法。
