Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni in preschool-aged children before and after treatment.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Jean T Coulibaly (مؤلف), Yves K N'Gbesso (مؤلف), Stefanie Knopp (مؤلف), Nicaise A N'Guessan (مؤلف), Kigbafori D Silué (مؤلف), Govert J van Dam (مؤلف), Eliézer K N'Goran (مؤلف), Jürg Utzinger (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: The Kato-Katz technique is widely used for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni, but shows low sensitivity in light-intensity infections. We assessed the accuracy of a commercially available point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) cassette test for the diagnosis of S. manson...