Table 3.
Diagnostic tests that will be performed in the study
| Facility where the tests will be performed | Tests that will be performed |
|---|---|
| Laboratory at RU in Rwanda | » Urine analysis for pregnancy using QuickVue hCG (Quidel); |
| » HIV testing followed RU SOPs, which are based on the Rwandan national guidelines, using DetermineTM | |
| HIV1/2 (Abbott Diagnostic Division, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) as first test and Uni-Gold HIV (Trinity, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, USA) as second test when the first test is reactive; | |
| » Wet mount microscopy; | |
| » HSV-2 (HerpeSelect 2 ELISA (Kalon Diagnostics) and syphilis testing assessed with RPR (Spinreact Reactivos, Girona, Spain), followed by TPHA (Spinreact Reactivos, Girona, Spain) | |
| Laboratoire National de Référence, Kigali | » CT/NG molecular testing using the Presto CT/NG kit of Goffin Molecular Technologies, The Netherlands; |
| » Elisa for HIV (VIRONOSTIKA HIV Uni-Form II Ag/Ab, bioMérieux Marcy l'Etoile, Marcy l'Etoile, France) if the first 2 tests done at the laboratory of RU showed discordant results. |