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

• Main Authors: Jean T Coulibaly (Author), Yves K N'Gbesso (Author), Stefanie Knopp (Author), Nicaise A N'Guessan (Author), Kigbafori D Silué (Author), Govert J van Dam (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...