Whoever has spent some time in a diagnostic lab knows that a diagnostic test rarely offers a clear Yes/No answer. Instead, many factors influence the performances of a diagnostic tests, and evaluating diagnostic procedures is a necessary step to ensure we can confidently interprete results of individual diagnostic, research studies or surveillance data.

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In this section, you will find:

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• a study comparing PCR primers for the detection of T. evansi

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• a study illustrating the great variations of test sensitivity obtained with variious DNA extraction techniques

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• a serological survey of T. evansi in dairy cattle in Thailand  

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This work was also the object of my veterinary thesis,

available (in french) here.

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