A clinical accuracy study protocol for a saliva-based point-of-care lateral flow test to assess protective immunity to tetanus (TETANUS study)

K Gokani, SE Faustini, C Tanner, HF Kwok, R Agarwal, Y Takwoingi, Semukunzi H, C Umuhoza, A Richter, J Nyombayire, CM Muvunyi, J Heaney, CA Green

Open source

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202
Published: 2026-08
Container: BMJ Open
Publisher: BMJ
Open access: unknown

Credibility signals

uncertain Score 64/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

supportingDOI registered: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
supportingDOI resolves: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredOpen access status: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
supportingMetadata completeness: All 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202,
  title = {A clinical accuracy study protocol for a saliva-based point-of-care lateral flow test to assess protective immunity to tetanus (TETANUS study)},
  author = {K Gokani and SE Faustini and C Tanner and HF Kwok and R Agarwal and Y Takwoingi and Semukunzi H and C Umuhoza and A Richter and J Nyombayire and CM Muvunyi and J Heaney and CA Green},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - A clinical accuracy study protocol for a saliva-based point-of-care lateral flow test to assess protective immunity to tetanus (TETANUS study)
AU  - K Gokani
AU  - SE Faustini
AU  - C Tanner
AU  - HF Kwok
AU  - R Agarwal
AU  - Y Takwoingi
AU  - Semukunzi H
AU  - C Umuhoza
AU  - A Richter
AU  - J Nyombayire
AU  - CM Muvunyi
AU  - J Heaney
AU  - CA Green
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202
ER  -

APA

Gokani, K., Faustini, S., Tanner, C., Kwok, H., Agarwal, R., Takwoingi, Y., H, S., Umuhoza, C., Richter, A., Nyombayire, J., Muvunyi, C., Heaney, J., & Green, C. (2026). A clinical accuracy study protocol for a saliva-based point-of-care lateral flow test to assess protective immunity to tetanus (TETANUS study). BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119202

Source records

crossref · retrieved 2026-11-10T13:50:39.615Z