Estimating true prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni from population summary measures based on the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique.

• Main Authors: Oliver Bärenbold (Author), Amadou Garba (Author), Daniel G Colley (Author), Fiona M Fleming (Author), Rufin K Assaré (Author), Edridah M Tukahebwa (Author), Biruck Kebede (Author), Jean T Coulibaly (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté (Author), Pauline Mwinzi (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection is usually assessed by the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique. However, Kato-Katz thick smears have low sensitivity, especially for light infections. Egg count models fitted on individual level data can adjust for the infecti...